Dealing with the heat

[JadMo77]

It is almost summer and the heat can be hard to take sometimes. Working outside in the heat can zap all of my energy. I have things that I do to help feel better, but am wondering if there are other ideas that some of you use.

I find that one of the few times I drink soda is when I am hot and sweaty, from mowing and other outside activities in the hot sun. It seems to be one of the things that helps me feel better. I don't drink much soda normally, just when I feel over heated.

Eating cool food, such as a salad helps me as well.

A shower also helps me feel better. I worked in the cafeteria when I was in college and most meals I worked in the dish washing room. All the dishes were ceramic. No disposable dishes were used. They had a big industrial dish washer and dishes were scraped, stacked, loaded, sprayed, pushed through the dishwasher, stacked and put away. I remember one really hot day in college when I took 5 showers. I probably took one when I got up, after breakfast dishes, after lunch dishes, after dinner dishes, and at bed time.

Sitting with the lights low helps my eyes feel better.

Of course air conditioning or an evaporative cooler help.

The best thing for me is to stay out of the sun and not exert myself outside when it is hot.

What about you? What do you do when it is really hot to feel better?