The heat continues

I went out around 1:30 today to my therapist appointment and after that I went to the post office, dropped off my sister’s mail, stopped at Office Max, picked up my pills at CVS, then I went to the bank to deposit a check.

I had been running around in the heat for 2 hours and the therapist’s is not air conditioned very well, so By the time I got home at 5 I was really sick from the heat.
I’m still not feeling well. I’m still having heart palpitations. The temp in the apartment started going up about 2 hours ago.

I was listening to Rush Limbaugh talk about an editorial by some guy that said that A/C was ruining the planet and was unnecessary. Rush disagreed to my pleasant surprise. Rush read most of the editorial and towards the end of the editorial the writer expressed his views that he loved the heat and did not like being cool.

I’ve noticed as each year passes that businesses use less A/C as a way of saving money. Malls especially are doing this now, making very uncomfortable for both the workers and the shoppers, and even the movie theaters are not turning on the A/C, which is a first. I have never seen this before.

With the summer movie season about to explode, I am wondering if they will continue the trend. I think after one hot and sticky movie that most people would not come back. There have been a couple of big grossing films, like Wanted and WALL-E, but the new Batman movie is due to hit this month as is X-Files and I’m sure there will be other big hits.

I remember the summer of 89 when there were at least 2 great movies released every week. I used to take the 82 bus to downtown Troy where they had the old U/A theater. I think they had 4 screens.

I can’t remember where I was working at the time. It might have been for the payroll company. I didn’t have a car yet. I think I got my first car in the summer of 90 or 91. Boy the adventures I had with the Granada. I drove it to PA soon after I got it. That was a hell of a trip.

I think it took 9 hours. I took the Thruway south to 84 West and everything was going fine. I took 209 south and managed to miss the 209 bypass turn and instead wound up on the business 209 stretch that ran through Stroudsburg. I got a migraine just after I missed the turn and I had to stop several times in Stroudsburg.

Merging onto route 80 with a migraine was tough to say the least, then onto 33 and I could barely keep conscious. I pulled off the Bath exit and pulled into the Mc Donalds. I remember walking up to the counter and asking for a glass of carbonated water. This was back when MCD’s was charging for everything (including water ) and I said you can charge me whatever you want, but the girl looked at me and knew I was in bad shape. She gave it to me and I stumbled to a booth and sipped the water.

After a time, I couldn’t tell how long, I stumbled to the bathroom and passed out. I came to and dragged myself out of the bathroom and headed back on the road. I could have passed out behind the wheel, but my desire to see PA again was so strong I would have risked almost anything to see it again.