Living in the Midwest comes with its pros and cons, growing up, I lived up North, and I didn’t genuinely know what it was like to live somewhere else except in the North Eastern part of the U.S. All my family lived close by, and my associate and I rarely traveled because of the busyness of life. For me, summers meant 72 degree afternoons, and cool nights. When I got married and moved to the Midwest, it took a lot of changing for me to get used to the new weather conditions and season variations. One of the scariest however coolest parts about living in the Midwest are the thunderstorms. Growing up, I enjoyed to rest and watch a Summer thunderstorm pass by. However, it did not prepare me for the kind of thunderstorms that come where I live now. They are violent, and often times they get so bad that they petrify me… During late Springtime and throughout the entire summer, my associate and I get lots of storms. With the storms comes lots of humidity. It is the kind of thick humidity, where the sweat never seems to dry off of your skin, and you just feel damp all the time. It totally grosses me out. My partner recently bought me a dehumidifier. It has made my life so much easier. I prefer it! The only drawback is that it is rather small. It does wonders in the room that you place it in, however not genuinely any further than that. I usually put the dehumidifier in our dining room a few hours before my associate and I go to bed so that our room is not sticky and stuffy when my associate and I are trying to fall asleep. During the day, I transport it to whichever room I am spending the majority of my time in. I am so thankful for the dehumidifier, and I hope my associate and I can purchase some more of them soon so that I don’t have to transport them from room to room each day.
