As the temperature rose inside, it began to get unbearably hot and stuffy. I watched with envy as the two of them sat on the covered verandah and chatted oblivious of the cool rain air that was blowing freely all around them. Sweat was pouring from me like a broken faucet. I could not even lower the window a half inch due to the heavy rain and strong wind.

Fortunately I had a water bottle in my small collapsible cooler that still had a few pieces of ice floating in it. I used a napkin to collect the cold drops of water that collected on the outside of the bottle then wiped my forehead. This refreshing wetness retrieved me from the verge of suffocating and passing out.