Nervous

[mamadeb]

It's still a balmy 97F (with heat index of 107F) and tonight/tomorrow is Tisha B'Av. No food, no water. 25 hours.

Frankly, even though we have air conditioning and I do have medical permission, I'm scared. I'm feeling lousy even sitting in an air-conditioned office and drinking water all day - how will I be without water? Although the feeling lousy could be nerves.

A big rabbi has ruled that fasting is forbidden to any one with any condition who is trapped in the heat wave, but he's not MY rabbi, and it's not up to them - I just emailed my doctor. He's said I could fast, but it wasn't a heat wave then. Also, the city is reducing voltage, so our air conditioning is not working 100%. This is good- far better than a power outage and not having ac at all - but makes things harder.

Edited to add - Jed the doctor emailed me back. Given HCTZ and the heat - no fasting. I can deal with that.

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[devilc.livejournal.com]

Now, does fast include food and drink or just food?



And, um. The idea behind this fast is to mourn and feel miserable. (Not that we need help right now.)

LOL.

Requirements about modest dress aside, remember, in humid times, cotton, linen, rayon, and raime are your friends. Polyester and acitate are not.

Silk is, but only if it's very sheer.

And for goodness' sake, wear as little as you possibly can.

And when you get home, if permitted, curl up in a tub full of cool water.

[mamadeb.livejournal.com]

Jewish fast= no food, no water. If one is on daily meds that require water, one takes as little as possible. I can swallow pills without water, so that doesn't apply.

But I just got told not to fast. So. I'm off the hook.

I'm good at the dressing for the heat - frex, today I'm wearing a sleeveless tee under a loose, unbuttoned blouse. Everything is natural fabrics (the blouse is also coolmax) and as loose as possible (easy these days) and I'm not insane enough to wear tights this weather. I expose as much skin as possible (lower arms, lower legs) and I wear very light headscarves.

Baths are completely and utterly NOT permitted. No bathing, no clean clothes, no leather shoes, no annointing and no sex. As I said, we're supposed to be miserable.