ICE

Saturday April 26th 2009
9:16 AM

I have probably mentioned before but the morning is my favorite time of the day. It is not hot. Generally there is a cool breeze that has a touch of coolness to it.

During the mid day from roughly 1PM to 4PM it is so hot. So hot that it totally saps any energy or desire for me to do anything. Sometimes I'll lay under the shade and sometimes I try to douse the heat with a combination of lots of water and Senegalese tea.

One of my biggest concerns is dehydration. It happens so quickly here. If I don't drink tons of water, I am dehydrated so easily. I will be laying down. All of a sudden I will be lethargic and not want to move or do anything at all- not even to get up to get water. Eventually I will get out of the daze by guzzling water. My secret is to add alittle tab of Airborne to the mix. The effervescence helps speed the dehydration.

Recently I have found myself having to drink unfiltered or untreated water. When I bike around and I am not close to my water source I have to drink something. Even if I treat the water with little droplets of chlorine that I carry around, I still have to wait an hour. So I cave in when the water is cool or they have ice- especially when they have ice! A modern american saying ice is a luxury- hell yes!