Cold showers

This is the third or fourth night in a row that I've taken a cold shower before bed. It's not what you're thinking, it's just hot here! Especially in my room, whose lone window opens onto an air shaft. If you've been reading, you'll know that my apartment, like most others, lacks central air. Cold shower + a turbo fan is the only way to sleep.

Was talking to Laura Griffin, a friend of Megan's, about it. She added this: "There are two really difficult things about living in New York - finding an apartment, and then once you have the apartment, cooling it." She continued: "When I first moved here, my roommate and I had a ritual for being able to sleep in the heat. First we'd stay up extra late getting cool in front of the air conditioner in the common room. Then we'd shotgun a beer, take a cold shower and jump into bed, hoping we fell asleep before the effects of the shower and the beer wore off." 

I might have to try it! At least today was as oppressively sweltering as the last few.