What with the heat and lack of rain in these parts for the past month or so, the air quality seems to be suffering. As a result, my respiratory system has been acting up. I feel like my sinuses are draining a lot of the time, and I am often stopped up and snotty when I wake up in the morning. This last point is made even worse by the fans by my bed.

But...

The temperature in my small apartment stays pretty high during the summer, especially since I turn off the a/c while I am at work to save on my power bill. And I don't have central air, just a window unit. So, when I get home from work, the thermometer by my bed normally reads about 89°. It is still about 81° when I finally lay down to sleep.

So, obviously, I can't turn the fans off; it's far too hot for me to sleep comfortably. But, on the other hand, I wake up, normally late, feeling crappy and stopped up. This morning, for example, I woke up barely able to breathe through my nose at 4am, and could not go back to sleep. And I can't switch the fans off, or I will have a hard time even getting to sleep, not to mention sleeping through the night.

What to do, what to do? It's a pickle I tell ya.