It’s just the first week of April and there is still more than a month of summer to go, but it seems like the summer sun is already pouring it on. Even though we have air-conditioning, it’s still not enough to beat the heat because the blinding rays of the sun are warming up the window panels in our room.

The house, you see, is facing the west and our room directly receives the sun’s fury all the way from mid-afternoon until just before it sets. In fact, the coolest place this summer seems to be the living room and the nanny’s bedroom. Unfortunately we can’t sleep in any of them. So andrea and I are currently thinking of ways to address this problem. As of now, our only options are to either put a large wooden panel outside the windows to block the sun or to put additional layers of curtains or roller shades to insulate the windows. Unfortunately, the first one totally ruins the house’s looks from the outside while the second one is gonna cost us a bit of money (which we don’t have at the moment).

Which one should we choose? We haven’t figured it out yet. So until we do, I guess we don’t have any choice but to bask in the summer heat! Huhu!