It’s all I can do to open the door when there is a delivery during the peak heating hours of the day.
I work at home and so I’m not about to be going outside after 11 in the morning during the Summer.
That’s just what it’s like where I live. We are so far south that the heat and humidity are basically unmanageable without the aid of a heat pump. Thankfully, I have great residential HVAC so it’s pleasant inside my home. Of course, I keep the thermostat near or above 80 degrees this time of year. Some might think that’s too high of a thermostat setting for the Summer. But when the temperature is almost always 95 or above, an 80 degree thermostat setting feels really comfortable. And I also make sure that fans are going throughout the day as well. A fan uses less than 1/10th the energy that the heat pump uses. And I’m all about saving on air conditioning costs. Still, I can’t really imagine just what it must have been like for folks back in the day. Residential HVAC wasn’t available until the 50’s. And the heat pump wasn’t readily available for most everyone until even later. I’ve heard stories about the adjustment that came with the Summer around here. It was up at like 3 in the morning to get work done before the heat and humidity got intense. And then, it was a breeze or a fan that was the only relief. That and some shade. While I’m still awfully partial to fans and shades, I’ll take my central air conditioning as well thank you.