Books of 2010: 27. The Giver, Lois Lowry

I wasn't really planning on re-reading The Giver last night. I picked up a book at random off my shelf, planning to read a few pages before I went to bed. Instead, I read the whole thing. I already reviewed The Giver a few years ago, so I'm not going to do it again. The only thing I'll say is if you haven't read it yet, you really should.

I love air conditioning

Remember how I said I love my dehumidifer? It just wasn't cutting it today, mostly because I didn't have it on for fear of heating my apartment even further. (It runs very hot, though it's admittedly very good at getting the humidity out.)

After sweltering in my apartment for the last day and a half, I finally decided to be smart and head over to my mom's place, where there is air conditioning. It's about 20 C here (68 F), and after about 40 minutes, my body has finally cooled itself down so that my brain is semi-functional again. I'm wearing a light sweater. Yes, really! If you'd told me an hour ago that I would want to put another layer on my body, I'd have laughed you right out of my apartment building.

So... yay air conditioning. Still don't really want it for my own apartment, but it's nice that I've got somewhere to go when the weather is super-brutal.