Wow.
The humidity level sure is banging away already. But I guess I shouldn’t be all that surprised given that we are now in the middle of May. Still, walking out this morning to get the mail was a big reminder that we are for real entering Summer. It was so thick and warm outside and it was only 9 in the morning. But I could feel the warm humidity draped around me as though it were some sort of moist cloak that wasn’t in the drier long enough. When I walked back inside the central air conditioning of the house, it was so refreshing. That’s the first time I’ve felt that yet this year. The air conditioning is really just for spot use during the hottest periods of the day during the Spring. But once we get to about now, the thermostat setting is left on cool and we start to program the digital thermostat. I honestly can deal with temperatures in the 90’s. It’s not like I want to go just sit in the sun during the peak heating hours of the day. But I can handle the higher temps fairly well. It’s just when you add in all of that humidity that being outside becomes sweltering and smothering. This is why I’m so thankful that we are getting more than just cooling from the HVAC unit. The air conditioning process is also reducing and balancing the humidity levels inside the house. That makes for that refreshing, crisp feeling when you walk in from being outside in the Summer. I love that feeling.