Today was Global Volunteer Day my job. There were several things in which you could volunteer to do. There were things like: paint trim on the community center, do light housework for the elderly, work in the greenhouse at a assisted living facility and stuff like that. Well I chose to walk around Research Park and pick up trash. As you may remember a tornado hit the area a couple of weeks ago. So it was quite interesting to see what we could find. The most common item found was tar shingles. They were EVERYWHERE!!!! We found mangled steel, siding, and a mess of trees. My find was a hub cap. I was pretty proud of that find. Except I got covered in brake dust carrying it back to the collection site. I am so happy that it was a decent day.
Although the weather was nice it was getting pretty hot in the sun. If you have known me a long time you will know that I have a tendency to "die" in the heat. As my mother will tell you I was born without sweat glands. The Drs once told her that the blood vessels on the surface of my skin do not expand and contract like they are supposed to when you are hot or cold. So when I am hot I get red, I mean magenta as my loving fiance would say. I do not sweat. Figure this out I will sweat when I am warm but not when I am hot and on the verge of "dying". Anyway by the time I got back I was so hot!! I laid on the shower room floor and poured water over my head until I cooled off. I felt bad because a few of my co-workers still needed some help and here I was unable to move. So after I cooled off I went to explain it my problem to them. I am glad that I work with understanding people.
Now I have never had a heat stroke but I understand how it must feel. I just wish that I would have been born normal.
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