Atsui desu ne!?

The past couple of weeks have brought with them overwhelming evidence of summer. The heat has skyrocketed and the humidity has reached a level that I didn't think possible. Just the other day I read the temperature on the way home and saw that it said 34 degrees celsius. This is equivalent to 94 degrees fareinheit and the humidity here is off the charts. It doesn't help that the schools here do not use air condition and I don't have air condition in my room. Although, I do have two fans in my room that are constantly on and pointed at me. I probably lose about 5 lbs. of water everytime I exercise and when I get through running I probably lose more than that. It has been so hot that I was forced to get a haircut, even though I was afraid to have my hair cut in Japan for the first time. I studied online for some phrases that I might need to know. I even wrote them down and took them with me to the barber shop. I told the owner of the onsen that I was going to get my hair cut and she asked if I wanted her to go with me to translate. I said no and walked over to the barber shop, which is like five and a half steps away from where I live. They offered me a seat and I don't think they realized that I was there for a haircut, but fortunately, Ms. Fujishima came to the barber shop after all and thought she would help me out. This made the process much easier, but they still showed me a book full of Japanese hairstyles, which I did not want anything to do with. I pulled out a picture of myself on my alien registration card to show them how my hair looks short. This seemed to be okay so they had me sit down and then it took a full hour for them to cut my hair. And it was much more expensive than it should have been. But I was glad to have short hair and be a tiny bit less hot than I was before. However, even as I write this update at school, there are small puddles of sweat where my arms are resting on the laptop. They have a fan facing me that swivels back and forth. They were using it earlier in the day, but I guess they decided just to sweat today as it got even warmer later in the day. You would think they would invest in an air conditioning unit for the school seeing as how they are constantly going around saying "Atsui desu ne?"and "Atsui!". I mean seriously, the Japanese teachers carry towels around with them to dry their faces and arms off and their clothes are covered in sweat. Well, i'm just going to continue sitting here pouring water down my throat to replenish the amount I have sweated out.