Wouldn't you know it? - The first summer spent in Uruguay was the hottest summer in 30 years!  My quest to buy an air conditioner is now EPIC.  A neighbor bought several "splits" (air/heating units that hang on the wall).   He liked them, so I asked him to contact the installer for me.  Well, with flurry of Christmas preparations, that got pushed to the back burner.  
​     The day after Christmas, I met up with said neighbor at a pool party and barbecue.  It was about 95 degrees and I was not glowing as a righteous Southern Belle should.  I was sweating like a pig.  I'm afraid I grabbed him by the shirt and not thinking before speaking, I said in a very loud voice, "I am too old to be this hot!"  That got lots of laughter all around and made my temperature rise even more due to the reddest face on Earth!  
     He whipped out his phone right then and there; hot and sweaty Southern Belles can be very scary.  Two days later, I had an air conditioner installed for the bedroom.  Very few private homes have central air and heat (unless you are very wealthy and can wait weeks for replacement parts).  Growing up in the South, I had lived with central cooling and heating systems since I was a child.  Old habits are hard to break, but  being without has been a mostly pleasant surprise.  I've learned to watch the skies and certainly talk about the weather more often.   Of course the day after it was installed, the weather turned cooler for a week.  Ahhh….nature.