At 4:45pm in Eureka Springs it is 94 degrees (feels-like 100, with a feels-like high of 107 earlier today). We have been hot and muggy for the past few weeks and anticipate similar weather thru the weekend. Much of the country is hot and some areas are under heat advisories and also experiencing out-of-control wild fires. Unfortunately the hottest weather is yet to come for some areas.
The secret to surviving the heat is to convince yourself it isn't really as hot as we are being told. Some of us wear "biblical" garb during the day and everyone in the Play wears costumes which can be very uncomfortable or confining. The Roman soldiers, Temple and Sanhedrin guards and many of the priests wear bulky costumes and heavy headgear. For them, it is even hotter than for us in the "normal" roles. The lesson here is that as hot as it is, it is hotter for someone else, and as hot as is is now, it could be a lot hotter. After all it is 115 in Death Valley and we could be doing the Holy Land Tour in Furnace Creek instead of Eureka Springs. The best answer to the question "Aren't you hot in that costume?" is a simple "no" and then the caveat, "nothing compared to what we expect in August". Mind over matter and accepting what we don't have any ability to control.
And, by the way, we had our mobile RV repairman, Bryan, here today to service our RV AC and as I write it is a comfortable 78 degrees as I relax for this evening's over-90 start for the Play. How hot is it? It's "just right, thank you".
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