How things change...

On the 2nd May 2009 I flew out to the West Coast of America with my friend Miss B for a 3 week road trip holiday.  We started at San Fran, headed down the coast to LA, up to Las Vegas over to the Grand Canyon, back to LV then up to Death Valley, on to Yosemite and finally back to San Fran to catch our plane home.  It was a bloody brilliant holiday.  We got on really well & never fell out which I think is pretty impressive when you consider that we were in each others company almost 24hrs a day for 3 weeks and because Miss B had to put up with me moaning about the heat...a LOT! 

I've never been very good with the heat and there's a damn good reason for that...I was born and bred in Scotland.  Heat has never really been something I've had to get used to.  My skin is so white that I glow in the dark, which is handy sometimes but it does mean that I'm a little (understatement of the year) prone to sunburn....

This is my back after a day on the beach in Aberdeen!!  I'm a sensitive soul you see...which is reflected by my skin.
So whilst we were on holiday I found the heat quite a challenge...my eye lashes sweated (which, by the way, is nippy on ones eyes) and in general I felt uncomfortable ~ all swollen etc.

Fast forward exactly 3 years to the 2nd May 2012 and I'm flying over to Morocco to spend 3 weeks with my Uncle Kenny and Saad.  For some reason I've adapted really quickly to the heat, actually *touch wood* so far I've not been uncomfortable in the heat at all...I'd even go as far as to say that I'm enjoying it.  Only yesterday I commented that it felt a little chilly - it turns out that it was a mere 21 degrees!  Brrrrr...where's my cardi?!  However, I'm gonna be tested because it's due to get up to 33-35degrees by tomorrow.  Already this morning I've got the impression that today's gonna be a scorcher (yup - I'm milking this!!)

I have a theory that because I'm no longer carrying around excess fluid in my body, after cutting out wheat and yeast, it is why I'm coping so much better.  Water expands in the heat - hence the swelling and when you've got excess fluid in your body you sweat more (n.b. this is a theory based on no medical expertise whatsoever).

I may be a lot more comfortable in the heat, but some things don't change and in my case that would be that my skin still burns like sugar.

Anyway....must dash, it's illegal to stay indoors when the weather is as beautiful as this....

:)