Life in 3 — The One About Being Unbearably Hot

When the temperature outside soars past 100 degrees, there are drastic changes in the personalities and behaviors of just about everyone around you. It doesn’t matter whether you’re at home or in public, people completely lose their shit when they can’t escape the heat.

I get it. I’m a frozen tundra kind of girl. I keep the air-conditioning set at 70 year-round, and even the best of AC units can’t keep up with the nonsense Mother Nature is currently throwing at us. Today in Mesa, the temps reached 112 — and people officially entered The Upside Down.

THREE I saw made me realize that when it’s sweltering outside, people generally fall into THREE different categories:

1. The exhausted. A mom watched as her 5-ish-year-old made sweat angels and licked the floor of the food court in the mall. First, let me say I’ve been there. Kids are exhausting, and there’s something to be said for building those little immune systems by rubbing a little dirt on ’em. I’m no snowflake mom, but even I had to cringe as I watched little Carter lick away at what had to be weeks’ worth of layered food residue and footprints. But…it was hot, the mall was one of the ONLY cool places to go in the entire city, and hey, little does that momma know that her kiddo is probably gonna ingest way worse things in the years to come. Plus, I’m sure those…