A Drop in Temperature in Chicago
Refuge was granted today.
After an endless series of scratches etched on a stray board to suggest days where the heat simply suffocated today ambled in at a delightful sub 90.
Blessed relief.
Don’t get me wrong, I am not a hot day naysayer. I revel in the glisten that gathers from the slightest activity. But…
But the toaster that has been this summer in Chicago and many other parts of the national map has been fatiguing if for no other reason than its sheer inescapability. Plans to bbq and dine on the back patio in our Edgewater manse have been sidetracked after a minute of air conditioned comfort spent nabbing the range-fed rib eyes from their also refrigerated climes proved too appealing to leave. Morning attempts to read the New York Times on the back porch were derailed again and again because it I have an unwritten rule that I will not remain in an environment that is warmer than the beverage I am drinking.
Ah, so it seems I have evolved into a creature of comfort. Or perhaps the opposite is true, I have devolved into a doily dabbing dabbler unable to withstand what weather is wielded.
All from the comfort of my manmade climate.
Several days back I mused to myself that air conditioning is a false prophet, providing fraudulent confidence akin to the whistler’s whistle whilst he walks by the graveyard. Perhaps this is somewhat true. But while the whistle is imbued with hope, air conditioning is all about what is real. It is a real comfort in opposition to the oven that is the outdoor temperature.
That’s true – until you leave the rolled up window comfort of your chilly car and walk from the garage to your backdoor, all the while muttering aloud, “oh my gosh it’s hot.” Or you dash out your front door for a walk around the block and feel like a thick, heavy wet dog has been inserted in your lungs. Or you stick to your plan and dine al fresco on your back patio and feel a lumbering climatic depression overtaking you with each morsel consumed.
And so the past few weeks of summer have been in Chicago.
And then came Friday night’s rain.
But today is another story, one with an undercurrent of comfort. And while I see that the mercury looks to go north of 90 again Tuesday, at least today we have gotten off the treadmill of heat and humidity.
By the way, a few years back a colleague of mine shared the contact info of a local HVAC company that has been the go-to of The Real Estate Lounge Chicago and our clients since. His name is Mike Causevic and he owns Oasis Heating and Cooling. Mike’s been great, always able to fit us in his schedule whether its the heating or the cooling side of the equation. Remember, your HVAC should be serviced annually. Whether it’s time for a clean out listen to my shout out and give Mike a call at (773) 320-5395 or visit his website at http://oasisheating.com/.
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