Keeping Cool in the Memphis Heat

If I hear one more person tell me "I bet you're miserable in this heat," I might punch them. Gosh don't you hate when people state the obvious? That, and asking dumb questions might be my 2 biggest pet peeves. So, yes it's hot. It's July in Memphis, so that's a given. But let's add insult to injury: 

THE WILSONS HAVE NO AIR CONDITIONING. 

Oh, and in case you didn't know: 

I'M 9 MONTHS PREGNANT.
Yes, you read that right. May I just tell you this is the third summer in a row we've had this problem? 2013: my car's air went out on the way home from St. Louis. Yep, about 30 minutes into our trip. 2014: House AC went out because it was frozen. 2015: Compressor is out, hopefully will be fixed by the end of the week. I know this will be one of those stories we laugh about in years to come "Hey, remember the time I was 9 months pregnant and our air went out?" But right now, it's hard to see the humor.

So, how have we been keeping cool? We have lots of fans. I've been trying to drink as much water as possible. One of my friends gave me a key to her house so I could come over and hang out any time (Bless her!), cold showers are awesome and I keep freezing a wet cloth and putting it in my shirt. (TMI?) Even though I'm pregnant and know I can't get overheated, I worry more about the dogs, Last night we took them to my in-laws. We were offered to stay there as well, but decided to stand the heat instead of the inconvenience of packing up all our stuff. The first night I slept on the couch and C upstairs. Last night, we switched. While it's a bit warmer upstairs, my poor back couldn't take the couch again. I might be sleeping at a friend's tonight. 

The dogs trying to keep cool:

Very happy to be in the car:

Thank goodness for this stuff: 

This has been my lifesaver! It is too hot for me most days in an air-conditioned house to want to use my blow dryer/flat iron/curling iron, but definitely too hot in a house with no A/C!  

And I've resorted to putting my makeup on in the car:

No, I'm not so vain that I think I have to get ready every day. I've spent the past two days sans makeup, but I've got places to be. And let's face it, being huge and pregnant you just want to do something to feel "fixed up."

Other ways I've been keeping busy waiting for our little man to arrive?

This show is great! Minus having to hear the f-word more times than I breathe, we really enjoyed it. The first season is out on Netflix and we watched the entire thing between July 3rd and 4th. 

Then I started this one:

I know I'm a few years behind on this, but I'm almost done with the first season. So far, I'm loving it. I wanna move to an east coast beach!

Oh, and the frosted lemonade from Chick Fil A is a tasty, refreshing treat in this heat! It tastes like lemon ice box pie! Sadly, the closest one to our house is closing on Friday for renovations. 

Au Revoir Facebook

Awhile ago I posted on Facebook that I would be deleting my account. I'm just over it. So without further adieu, here are some reasons why I personally want to get rid of Facebook:
- It's a waste of time.
I find myself on my phone scrolling through my feed way too much. Even at a stoplight, or the drive thru line at Starbucks. Because heaven forbid I have to just wait patiently for 2 minutes. While I have deleted the app of my phone, I have too many other reasons not to keep it, to keep it.
- There's nothing really that beneficial from it.
Is my day going to be any better knowing that you had a good day of running errands, grocery shopping and eating dinner with your mom? No. And I think, if I don't care what people did with their day, what makes me think they care about mine?
- The above reason leads me to this: Facebook has created a society full of narcissistic people who think the world revolves around them.
I don't want to be that person. I realize that the world doesn't revolve around me and I don't ever want to think that it does.
- I want to cultivate deeper relationships with my friends and family and not just connect with them through a website.
I want to take the time to call people and see how they're doing. I want to be wished a happy birthday because we're good enough friends that you KNOW it's my birthday. And vice versa.
To even further prove my point, when I posted on Facebook that I was leaving I had comments on my page such as, "How will we keep up with you?" "I'll miss seeing what you're up to." "How will we see pictures of your baby?" HELLO! That's my point! You want to keep up with me? Send me a text, an email, call me on the phone. I'll do the same thing! Also, those comments make me think people are living through me. Don't get me wrong, I don't think I'm that important. I'm not famous. I'm not Kate Middleton. I surely hope that my life doesn't seem so exciting to you that you will feel like you're missing out because you can't see my life on a website.
- Lastly, I want to be present. I want to live my life instead of constantly posting about it. I can post a hundred pictures of my kid and what he's doing or I can snap a few for myself and then sit and relish in the moment. From what everyone has told me, it's going to go by fast. Also, after both being gone all day, I want to enjoy live conversation with my husband, not sit next to him as we both scroll through our phones.







I would like to end the first part of my 2 post series with this: I realize I could just stop posting things as much and not look at it as much. My husband does this beautifully. Maybe I just have an addictive personality because I just can't do that as easily. Also, I'm a bit of a rebel. I like knowing I'm going against the grain and will be part of the slim part of the population that doesn't use Facebook. My dad will be so proud.

Stay tuned for my next post on this, where I will list all the annoying things people post on Facebook!