Reading Time: 2 minutesAs if the annual summer inferno in the Ohio Valley couldn’t be more annoying. Normally on these countdowns I do my usual ranting and raving about how much summer sucks, and all of us who share the opinion about these dreary, torturous months (regardless of where you live) look ahead to Autumn with endearing anticipation.
AUTUMN EQUINOX 2026
Tues, Sep 22, 2026, 8:05 PM (EST)
Countdown is a bit late this year. My apologies! ‘Been recovering from surgery.
Speaking of which…..
As if the annual summer inferno in the Ohio Valley couldn’t be more annoying. Normally on these countdowns I do my usual ranting and raving about how much summer sucks, and all of us who share the opinion about these dreary, torturous months (regardless of where you live) look ahead to Autumn with endearing anticipation. I throw in tidings of subtle satire with hints of sarcasm whilst conveying the very real emotions we experience when enduring this dreaded season.
This year, however, there is no sarcasm. If you follow me on IG, you’re likely aware by now I had septal reconstruction/turbinate reduction surgery in June, and the first week of recovery was a whole dimension of misery due to the splints the surgeon stitched into my septum to ensure it healed correctly. These splints are bulky and ride up the septum all the way to the top of the nasal cavity and seriously obstruct airflow. Imagine being outside in the summertime when the heat index is pushing 110° and only being able to breathe through your mouth. Might not sound like a huge deal, but when you’re already dealing with the anxiety caused by the discomfort of feeling like something is constantly pressing against your nose and stopping you from breathing….. The excessive heat and humidity can quickly jolt the anxiety to panic levels.
And this isn’t intended to be a woe is me post, as the splints are out now and I’m breathing better than ever. ‘Just wanted to paint a small picture of how summer can make a bad situation 100x worse by simply being there. Another case in point; that video I did on IG where I’m in the car before and after the splints came out had to be timed between A/C blasts to keep the vehicle from becoming it’s own little hell box, as the heat index that day was well into triple digits. I shut the car off to reduce background noise when recording, and it only took less than a minute for the sweltering summer sauce to saturate the air in there. Gasp.
So yeah…. Here we are again. Counting down to the best time of the year in our own individual ways. Only 77 days remaining as of post time. Definite silver lining of being a little late with it this year is seeing the counter well below 100 days already. I’ll take it.
Stay cool, everyone. We’ll make it there together.
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