Since I returned to Budapest a week ago, it seems like the focus of our lives is the HEAT!!! Don’t get me wrong, it isn’t terribly hot (only upper 80s), but the big problem is that we don’t have air conditioning. I know this is very common for Budapest and for most of the northern US, but it is driving us crazy. I just left Texas where it was in the 100s, but we just didn’t stay out in it. Now, we sweat in the morning, sweat at night, and sweat all day. It does cool down at night into the 60s, but that is where the mosquitos get bad. Therefore, we can’t open the doors and windows or we get bombarded by mosquitos. We don’t have screens on our doors or windows like most Hungarian homes.

I’m enjoying my office which does have air conditioning. In fact, on Tuesday night, I worked a little late and the whole family came up and had dinner up here. It was funny to see the kids sitting around the boardroom table (didn’t have my camera or you would be looking at the pic). It was a pretty high powered meeting. After dinner, we didn’t want to go home so we downloaded a TV show on iTunes and watched it in my office. By the time we got home, it was almost bed time and cooling off a little.

Yesterday, we went to the pool at a local campground. It was perfect on a hot day and got us through the hot part of the day.

Today it is overcast and rainy! YIPPPEEEE!!! That should cool things off at home.

I have the feeling this is going to be the neverending battle of the summer. I picked up some firepower in the form of two new fans today though. I was looking at their portable air conditioners. Very tempting . . .