I swam yesterday at lunchtime and it was co-co-cooooold. And it stayed cold – I never did get used to it. I guess it’s a combination of the hot water being turned off in the building and the high temp outside for comparison – but it was really uncomfortable. I got in my laps, swam pretty well, and got the heck out of there. Since the hot water is off – I skipped the shower and just got some lunch and went back to work.
Yesterday evening I went to give blood. I had signed up for a double-red and after a little confusion about if I was eligible, I was hooked up to the machine and on my way. No real problems to report, but it was a little weird. I got chilled when the plasma and saline were pumped back into me and I got a weird taste in my mouth from the anti-coagulant. It also made my lips tingle. The woman in charge of the machine offered me some Tums and that helped counter-act it.
My room-mate had the air conditioning on when I got home and I was a little chilly around the apartment that evening. Weird that in the middle of summer – I got chilled to the bone three times in one day.