Cures for the sweats.

So, it is blazing hot in Rexburg. And I don't mean just a hot summer day, I mean an oven; literally. I have turned into a human inferno... I feel like a toaster strudel or a baked potato. I feel hot all over. I feel sweaty all over. I hate it. I am Canadian, I like the cold, I thrive in sub-zero temperatures. Oh, and I'm Irish.... my skin wasn't designed for the sunlight, my eyes weren't designed for UV rays and I certainly didn't grow up a "sweater". But now.....now I can't keep hydrated long enough to spell the word. So, I have tried some 'cures for the sweats'....here's what I tried:

1. Putting cold, wet towels on your feet. My feet are my temperature regulators. I figure it makes sense.... I mean, here's my theory. So, your feet are the farthest thing from your heart. So, when your insides are hot (torso area) then the blood that is coming from your heart and pumping to your feet has to go through your body and legs to get there... and if your body is hot, the blood is hot, your feet....will get hot. Then when the blood gets there, dumps the O2 and heads back to the heart, it's still hot and it's traveling up your body, thus, keeping everything hot on the way up. So, if you are hot, then put your feet somewhere cool because then everything gets cooled down there and your feet turn into a cooling system of sorts. It works backwards too.. If you're cold, put something warm on your feet and voila.... you will have a hot body. Temperature wise, that is.

2. Taking a cool shower. Okay, I say cool because I don't like cold showers. I am a baby and I cant do icy cold H2O unless I am in a lake or ocean. This is a great trick but only if a) when you get out of the shower, it's cooler in the house than when you got in the shower or b) if it isn't cooler, you don't mind sweating in a matter or minutes.

3. Eating ice cream. I think it's more of a psychological thing.... but nothing says 'hot summer day' like ice cream.

4. When you're done eating the ice cream, hold the bowl to your head.... it's still cold. I'm tellin' ya... this one works great if you are using a ceramic bowl. It stays cold forever. Awesome!

5. Standing in the opening of the fridge/freezer. Today, I did that, and I didn't even feel bad about wasting energy because I already paid for this month! Suckers! Nothing better than standing in the cool fridge nook.

6. Putting your clothes in the freezer. Okay, I actually haven't tried this one... but it sounds like a good idea.

Uh... I am workin' up a sweat just writing this post. Dang it. I've already done all the above steps too (except 6)..........maybe I should put my laundry in the freezer and then put it on. Haha.

I got one.

(KJEagan)

Hilarious Tattoo's

Gym guy.

Haha, that's not real... I just thought it was funny.

So today I was up in the gym workin' on my fitness, and you know how there is that one guy you always see and think is smokin' hot? Well, I have one. He works at the fitness center and works out there too (duh) and so I see him every time I go, which is about 3 times a week. The first time we talked was because my I-# wouldn't let me through the gate. He was sitting at the front desk watching me struggle, and after my third try he finally said, "are you Kelly Eagan?". I replied that I was. He says to me, "You're I-# is expired, are you even a student here?". So I went over to the front desk, told him that I was a returning student from 2008, and that they probably just didn't update my account. I was right, and so he fixed it. While viewing my account he sees that I am from Canada, and asks where. Turns out he served his mission in Edmonton, AB. What are the odds. Ever since that day three months ago, I've been mad crushing.

Well, today I talked to him for the second time today. Well, actually I was on the mats stretching, when I heard a voice. I looked up to see him standing over me, holding the medicine balls that were beside me and talking. I smiled and took out my ear buds and said "Sorry, what was that? I had my music in." To which he points to his ear buds and says, "Sorry, I was talking to my mom."

Neat.

I'll have the coolest lunches around...

So, it's a Saturday morning and I have been awoken by the sun....and I'm not even that mad. I could go back to sleep but the next best thing is cuddling in bed and browsing Etsy. This site is easily on of my top ten 'guilty browsing' sites. Today, I found this:

Reusable Snack Bags by BsTextiles

For real. That's the coolest thing i've seen in a while. Cotton on the outside, water-proof lining on the inside. You wash them in the sink, or just wipe them out and VOILA! Use them for lunch the next day.

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