Keeping My Cool
It's been scorchingly hot here in Tulsa for weeks now. We can't go outside or even breath (the humidity sucks the oxygen right out of you). I've been brave enough to run to the grocery store once or twice a week at which point all hope for cooler weather is dashed by the locals who seem to delight in my discomfort as they smirk and say thinks like "Welcome to Oklahoma!" Okay...that's probably just the heat affecting my brain...I'm sure they don't wish me any ill-will...but seriously this unrelenting heat really is starting to take its toll on me and I'm afraid my parenting nerves have been shot as well.
To help keep cool I've been drinking massive quantities of smoothies while simultaneously biting my tongue as my daughter rearranges the furniture in our house for the hundred-millionth time every day (she's bored - I can't really blame her). When I came across this quote by Michael Caine just now I had to chuckle at the image it evokes...and it turns out laughter really is the best medicine. I feel cooler and calmer all ready.
Do you have any witty or wise quotes that help you get through a tough day? If so I would love, love, love to hear them. xo Ez
Tuesday, July 20, 2010 
Reader Comments (10)
This is classic. I have a quote on my desktop from Seth Godin right now:
Stuff happens.
We dance with it.
The better and happier you dance, the better you do.
That is my favorite quote :)
I feel your pain. I live in Tulsa and am 24 weeks pregnant. Feel like i'm on the surface of the sun and everytime I breathe, it's like I'm breathing in steam. yuck. My favorite quote is:
Be kind, everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. -Plato
My favorite thing to do right now (other than standing over the a/c vent), is to make homemade ice cream. yum.
And yet those proverbial frying pan moments always seem to lead to something palatable in the end! I love how your post gives the answers, heat etc - can lead to a dimming of the senses. The inspirational quotes I go to usually shift, but my ever favourite is a line from a Rilke poem: "For here there is no place that does not see you/ you must change your life." (A la: change is the only constant type effect, as an orderly person, it helps me to return to this idea, though this does not mean I have mastered it!) I also really like something I read on The Sartorialist: who cares about perfection when you can capture a moment saturated with life.
As a friend once used to say to me (and I like this phrase so much, I hope it comes off well without a context): keep on keeping on!
I know plenty of serious quotes, But I'm hard pressed to think of any funny ones.
One thing does come to mind, though. Something my older brother always got a big kick out of saying to me.
"Your old enough to where your "wants" won't hurt you."
It was always his way of telling me to put my big girl panties on and deal with it. I laugh now when I say it to his daughter.
hey there sweet momma.
just catching up on you in OKLA. glad to read you and little missy are fine. and sending loving angels your way during the heat and inspiration for mommy-summer-vacation time.
I have to say "what you focus on you create" defines my everyday.
it's all good
oxo t
Hi Ez,
We're battling heat and humidity here in Louisiana. 108 degrees today! Woah. My quote has nothing to do with making it through the rest of this scorcher of a summer but it's this: "The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me." It's by Ayn Rand. It gets me through when it seems like the odds are stacked against me.
Love your blogs!
Monica
What a gorgeous blog you have! I love it!
love
Aimee
x
Don't cry beacuse it's over. Smile because it happened.
That's a great quote - I strive to be that way every day :) jd