Things that you cannot do when it is too hot:

1. be good looking. (acne, sweat, sweat stains, it's just not the place/time to start your modeling career)
2. wear underwear (i'm not trying to be gross, you really can't, doctors tell you not to, and if you do, you end up with boils or something worse. yeesh.)
3. sleep 8 hours a night (sweating while sleeping wakes you up)
4. take naps (again with the sweating while sleeping)
5. stand up straight (so mostly laying on the floor, but not sleeping, too long in one position is not possible)
6. anything between the hours of 9:30 am and 8:00 pm
7. sit anywhere without sweating so much that when you stand up you look like you wet your pants (EVEN IN AIR CONDITIONING)
8. not LOVE AC
9. wear make-up, shoes (covered shoes), socks, jeans (these must be surgically removed if worn), gray or khaki clothing, polyester or leather.
10. go without 4 showers in one day.
11. eat without sweating (sometimes when i eat, i eat so fast that i sweat and get chest pains, but now, no matter how slow i eat i sweat. and i have to rest for longer afterward, it's practically a work out while i'm eating)
12. expect people to do their jobs (my friend went to the post office today during normal working hours and the ladies working there just wouldn't go get her packages and TOMORROW is a holiday, so she'll have to wait until monday.)
13. forget to drink water (it's so hot that you don't even realize how much you're sweating)

So, i know i complain about this a lot, but i don't think you understand the gravity of my situation here. when i go on vacation to the beach, i bring a coat. other volunteers complain about the heat too and when i go to their sites i'm cold. kayes is the hottest city in the WORLD (by 1 or 2 degrees). nevertheless, the harmattan winds are in rare form this year so take pity on me. and while it may be 90 in DC...it's 116 here on a good day, so just know if i were with you, i'd be freezing. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayes)

DAD, i did not feel like using proper capitalization, i'm sorry.