Day 45: Melt.

Today was the first scorchingly hot day in Paris. Like Hot 97 blazin' hip hop and R&B hot. It was 39 degrees celsius which converts to a miserable 102F and in this cramped little city where proper air conditioning has yet to be invented makes people a bit shall I say, cranky? I made the mistake of wearing a silk creme dress to work that was see-through by the end of the day and also made the mistake of applying self tanner that was dripping down my ankles and staining the collar of my dress. This week was certainly getting off to the right start! The wafts of hot air blasting through the office was not making happy workers as we all glowed with beads of perspiration complimented by our sweat shop worker expressions on our faces.
After work I stopped by the Franprix to pick up bags of frozen veggies to sleep with and a bottle of ice cold Rosé to share with Michelle who was coming over. I loitered a bit longer in the frozen food section à la the 'Married with Children' episode where The Bundy's camp out at Foodie's because they don't have A/C. 
Michelle came by and after about 10 minutes in my tiny top floor apartment that undoubtedly sealed in the heat from the entire day, we decided to take an evening walk on ground level to cool off where we bumped into the drag cabaret performer, a former mutual friend of Monsieur Flaneur and I. Of course we did, it's Paris, this city gets smaller by the day. Not having seen him in the months, he gave me the tilted head look of concern while asking I was doing. It's been months since the break-up and its not as if this whole time I have been crying and pining away alone in my apartment. Ok, well he didn't need to know that and luckily I have a talent for ignoring pink elephants and responded that I was doing ok, hate my job and itching to get the hell out of Paris for the summer. Thata girl!
The week will continue on with this heat wave and the heat makes me believe crazy things like convince myself that the gym is a good idea, Rosé hydrates better than water and that Sex and the City 2 was a good idea.