INSIDE our house (downstairs...who knows how hot it was upstairs) yesterday after the AC man left. We were without air in our house for 2 1/2 days. I've never been more thankful for air conditioning in my life!! Of course they were the hottest days of the year so far! Thank goodness we have friends that love us so much to ask us to stay with them. (Or maybe they just felt sorry for us ;) ...either way we are SOOOOOOO grateful!!) In our small group, we talked Wednesday about postmodernism and how America thrives on capitalism and technology. At this point in our history, our country would not survive without either of them. Here's an interesting quote from the book we are reading, "We have to live as luxuriously as possible in order to keep our productive enterprise from stalling." The saddest thing of all is that all the things we have and want are things we desperately think we NEED in order to survive. It made me begin to wonder if my "need" for air conditioning was truly a need. And I've thought about this a lot the last few days. I have to say, that honestly, for the sake of Emma that yes, it is a need. If it was 89 degrees downstairs yesterday, it was probably 95-97 degrees upstairs with no air circulation. That is not a safe temperature for a baby. This was at 3pm, if the air had not been fixed, it would have gotten hotter. If we had ceiling fans and box fans and every other kind of fan you can think of, we might have been able to manage a little better. But we didn't, so yes the AC was a need for us.
I'm interested in your thoughts about the quote from "Above all earthly pow'rs: Christ in a postmodern world".
Friday, June 23, 2006
89 Degrees....
Posted by Nicole at 3:05 PM
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Just to play devil's advocate here...what do Mommies in Africa do when their babies are in 90-plus heat with no AC and no fans? I guess their kids probably get used to sleeping in those conditions pretty quickly!
*smacking herself because she still hasn't ordered this book*
I thought about that, actually. And I still hold to my belief that the AC for us was a need. Our children are born with cool and warm air (one of those luxeries Wells talks about). Their little bodies grow used to being cool in the summer and warm in the winter. We set them up for this. Also, our homes in the states are built based on the fact that we will have air. It seems to me (though I have no proof, so to speak) that homes built where AC is not something everyone has are built to move more outside air into the home (more windows, windows placed more strategically to pull outside air in, etc.). One of the problems with our house is that all the front windows have no screens, so when we open them all kinds of bugs get in the house, so we are reluctant to open them, especially at night. If we had windows open on both sides of the house, more air could travel in and out and it might be cooler. Maybe we should invest in some screens...
Wow, yes, get some screens! I love having the windows open!
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