Summer in Cairo - NOT Pretty

I love hot weather. And I really don't like cold weather. Now don't get me wrong, I love a good snow - I just prefer to enjoy it wrapped up in many blankets, snuggled in a big chair, with a steaming cup of coffee, a book, and a roaring fire. I would MUCH rather be hot than cold. In fact, when I headed to the desert last weekend with some friends, Amy stared at me with a mystified look on her face when I walked out into the 80 degree weather wearing a long sleeve shirt under my t-shirt. I just didn't want to get cold, I told her. I mean, it was 5 pm, going to be dark soon, and I was a tad bit warm, but better to be a tad bit warm than too cool. I sleep with multiple blankets on my bed all year long. I like to be warm. All that to say, I am not some American chica who wimps out in warm weather and needs lots of air-conditioning. So when I say summers in Cairo aren't pretty, you better believe summers in Cairo aren't pretty. Despite the fact that its only mid-May, temps tomorrow will top 109 degrees. I'm not exactly eager for July to get here.