Wednesday, April 29, 2009

How To: Stay Cool In The Summer

Summer is one of my favorite seasons. With the warm weather perfect for a beach tan, it makes for a nice reward. Personally what's not to love about 3 months without school? Also the endless hours having fun with friends without any worries at all. The only thing that is bad about the summer are the days with unbearable heat. Some day it gets so hot and humid that I will start to stick the chair. In my house we have central air condition but my parents for some reason never like to turn it on, so I am forced to find alternatives to staying cool.
The first thing I do takes hardly any effort on a teenagers part. I beg my parents to put the air on. In order to get them to cave, I go around the house and shut all the windows until they notice. If that doesn't work I just complain some more. Complaining is a simple and basic technique everyone can master.
If they still don't give in to the complaining, I move to phase two, ask my mom where the fan is. Knowing my Mom, she hates it when I ask where thing are. So when she doesn't tell me I look around and rummage through everything until she tells me. Then I go in the basement to find the fan and after almost killing myself to get it, I find a nice spot on the floor and take in the air.
Don't get me wrong, although it feels nice, sitting in front of a fan gets boring. I like to add a little bit of fun into the disgusting heat. I usually have a water balloon fights. In order to have a successful fight you will need to but a bag of about 300 balloons, in case some break, a hose or faucet and a bucket. Make sure to fill the balloons up with cold water to really get cooled off. This is usually better when you have a lot of people involved in the fight. To mix up the fun I would add in water guns and super soakers, because they are the easiest way to fill up and cool off at the same time. for the super soakers get a bucket and fill it up with water, leave some of the soakers filled up in the bucket so they are ready to go.
After an intense fight with a group of friends the last fun thing to do is to get out the ice cream and water ice and pig out. Get the ice cream and water ice out of the freezer, along with bowls and spoons for as many people as you need to feed. If the ice cream is to hard to scoop out, microwave it for a few seconds to sofen it up or just leave it out for about 5 min. Make sure to clean up and put the food back in the freezer after eating. This is the way to get a nice reward after an intense workout.