And That's One to Grow On...

In anticipation of my trip to Beirut for Christmas and New Years I have gotten into the daily habit of:
1. wake up and immediately check weather.com for 10 day forecast in Beirut
2. check today's weather for san francisco
3. walk outside on my patio to see how I think san francisco weather compares and try to assess how much warmer it will feel like in Beirut.

This is all for the insane making process of trying to figure out what to pack. Yesterday when taking on and off layers of clothing to try and mimic weather changes I realized that now we're entering obsession territory. It is very difficult to try and accurately predict what a temperature difference would feel like by this method alone, so I got the brilliant idea that I would stage a mock climate shift in my house. I closed up all my windows and cranked the heat...and waited....waiting....waiting....

A point to note: I don't have a thermostat in my house. I have radiator heat so you turn the nob, the thing hisses and heat surges out from the metal thingy. So about 15 minutes into this experiment I realized my error of not being able to measure the temperature. Refusing to give up on what I had felt sure was a completely innovative (read: Darwin Awards) initiative, I grabbed the only measuring device I had and again was impressed by my own ingenuity. I stood there for solid 10 minutes holding the human thermometer in my hand. Looked at it to check the temp "HOLY SHIT IT'S 98 DEGREES IN MY HOUSE!" oh, wait...i guess it's reading my body temp.

[puts on an oven mit, holds thermometer]
5 minutes in...wait wouldn't this still pick up body heat? I am friggin roasting! [radiator still blasting, takes off sweatshirt and socks]

[puts thermometer on the table and stares at it for another 10 minutes]
"phew - now i'm comfortable let's check the temp"

[picks up thermometer....88 degrees]
"This F'ing this is broken!"

[goes outside on patio]

I decided the combo of me being too hot from my sweatbox of a house and the cooler air makes it feel at that moment like 70 degrees so whatever i'm wearing should be exactly right.

So when I send my photos from Beirut it will be super easy to spot me amongst the crowds. I will be the one in bike shorts, a tank top, flip flops and an oven mit.