Feelin' hot hot hot

I have decided that summer in Iowa can often times be best described as "gross," at least in my world. The heat was nearly a thousand degrees today and the humidity was close to a billion percent. That being said, you should know that one of my biggest pet peeves in life is sweating without the intention of doing so. I mean, really, if I am running, or doing something athletic (which is rare), I can accept sweating, in fact, I embrace it. But, if I simply walk out of the door at a usual pace and start dripping with sweat...nothing irritates me more, and my friends get really sick of hearing my disgruntled mumblings.

This weekend I was in the wedding of two of my friends who are both Simpson grads... it was an outdoor wedding. They had it at this forest preserve and there were lots of wild flowers in the background--it was absolutely gorgeous! I walked up the aisle without tripping, lined myself up with the other bridesmaids and felt confident in my ability to make the bride proud of her decision to include me on her day. All of the sudden, a sweat bead formed on the tip of my nose as I was standing at the front of all of their guests... I was silently pleading with the little bugger to not drip off my nose because I feared the guests would judge me, and I would forever be known as that nasty sweat-dripping-off-her-nose smelly bridesmaid. Imagine my dismay when the sweat bead took the plunge, let go of my nose and landed right on my dress... Alas, my bridesmaidship was forever tainted.... Sweat aside, the wedding was fantastic.

The heat index continues to climb this week, and lucky us, we are under a heat advisory through Wednesday. Awesome. It is also time for the Iowa State Fair this week; I think I will wait until it cools down to go...

Be Well,
j.o.