JaJaJeEv

We’re glad it’s not just us.

Even this morning’s Nashik Times bemoans the fact that it’s hotter than it ought to be. “The mercury is pushing 40°” as they scientifically explain. The lows this year are the same as the highs in previous years, and with at least 2-3 months to go until the relief of the monsoon, it could be a trial of stamina.

We’re so far managing without air-conditioning in our apartment. We have ceiling fans that helpfully circulate the warm air – but at least keep it ventilated.

The trick is to open the windows as soon as the outside air temperature drops below that inside (which is about 10pm) and then close them when it rises again (about 8am) – whilst trying to avoid having to listen to the wailing stray dogs and horn-tooting drivers in between. We’re becoming expert at this hysteresis.

But we’re holding up fine so far. The heat doesn’t seem to affect the kids at all. (Athletically running around caves after having climbed up a sun-parched mountain, above, for example).

Suffering most seems to be James’ computer. Apple clearly never test their equipment outside of pleasant air-conditioned offices. We need to have a huge desk fan pointed at the back of it to keep him productive, and even then its rubber feet have melted to the desk.

Ah! The joys of the Indian Summer.