孩子的暑假安排平凡又...

孩子的暑假安排平凡又忙碌。每天上午写作业、出去玩会儿，下午则是数学和英语的培优——单号数学，双号英语，每天下午都有一门。晚上回来先做培训机构的作业，之后再出去玩会儿。

这个星期六、星期天，外面实在太热，白天我就一直待在空调房里“葛优瘫”。可人越躺越没精神，于是下午吃完饭，趁孩子晚上和小伙伴骑车的一个小时，我也出来运动了一下。

晚上显示温度33度，但武汉这种闷热天，体感温度起码有35度。武汉白天的温度有37度，可天气预报永远不会超过40度。实际上，武汉户外温度早就有四五十度了。

我都懒得吐槽气象局的天气预报，完全不敢往实际报。就算到了40多度，也只会说“39度及局部地区39度以上，请注意防范”，从来不敢报40度。

不知道这是不是触犯了某些人的利益？或者是到了40度以上，大企业就要给工人发放高温补贴？这就不得而知了。

晚上七点多快八点时，我出去跑了步。掐指一算，自从6月份出差回来，到现在已经一个月没跑步了。担心体力下降不少，赶紧跑了跑。

气温火热，我吐出来的二氧化碳都和灼热的空气混在了一起。本以为配速很慢，都快掉到7分钟了，结果软件记录显示连6分钟都不到，全程能控制在5分30秒左右。

这让我有点惊讶，难道是一个月没跑步，体内脂肪储藏过多，这次跑步提供了更多能量？这也说不准。

大概在外面跑了半个小时，又沿着湖边走了一会儿，40分钟后就回家了。

这一晚上，我们一家三口都大汗淋漓。孩子骑车一个小时，全身上下像洗过澡、被雨淋过一样，全身湿透，头发都贴在脑袋上。

老公在外面快步走了一个半小时，同样浑身是汗。我就更不用说了，跑步出的汗更多。

回家后赶紧喝了一瓶外星人电解质水，补充流失的盐分和其他营养。刚运动完，毛细血管还在收缩，皮肤毛孔也在适应，所以没把空调调太低，缓了一会儿才调到26、27度。

怎么说呢，这么热的天，运动后暴汗一阵其实挺舒服的。特别是女生，这样特别排毒养颜，比敷10片面膜都有效，脸上不容易长东西、长斑，感觉还挺好的。

My kid’s summer schedule is ordinary yet busy. Every morning, they do homework and play outside for a bit, then in the afternoon, it’s math and English tutoring—math on odd-numbered days, English on even-numbered days, so there’s always one subject each afternoon. In the evening, they finish the homework from the tutoring center first, then head out to play again.

This past Saturday and Sunday, it was so hot outside that I stayed cooped up in the air-conditioned room all day, lying around like a sloth. But the more I lazed, the more sluggish I felt. So after dinner, when the kids went out to bike with friends for an hour in the evening, I decided to get some exercise too.

The temperature showed 33 degrees in the evening, but with Wuhan’s oppressive humidity, it felt more like 35 degrees. During the day, it hit 37 degrees, but the weather forecast never goes above 40. In reality, outdoor temperatures in Wuhan are already 40 to 50 degrees.

I’m too lazy to complain about the weather bureau—they’re clearly afraid to report the real numbers. Even if it hits over 40, they’ll just say “39 degrees, with local areas exceeding that; please take precautions.” They never dare to report 40 outright.

I wonder if this offends someone’s interests? Or maybe when it’s over 40 degrees, major companies have to issue heat subsidies to workers? Who knows.

I went for a run around 7:30 to 8:00 in the evening. Let me see—it’s been a month since I last ran, ever since I got back from a business trip in June. Worried my stamina had dropped, I hurried to get moving.

The air was scorching, and the carbon dioxide I exhaled mixed with the blistering heat. I thought my pace was really slow, almost hitting 7 minutes per kilometer, but to my surprise, the app showed it was under 6 minutes—actually, I kept it steady around 5 minutes and 30 seconds the whole time.

That shocked me. Could it be that storing more fat from a month of not running gave me extra energy for this run? No idea.

I ran for about half an hour, then walked along the lake for a bit. After 40 minutes total, I headed home.

That night, all three of us were soaked in sweat. The kid biked for an hour, drenched from head to toe like they’d been caught in a rainstorm—even their hair stuck to their scalp.

My husband power-walked for an hour and a half, also dripping with sweat. And me? Running made me sweat even more.

Once home, I chugged a bottle of Alien electrolyte drink to replenish lost salts and nutrients. We turned on the air conditioner, but didn’t set it too low—after exercising, blood vessels are constricting and pores are adjusting. We waited a while before setting it to 26 or 27 degrees.

Honestly, breaking a good sweat in this heat feels great. For us women, it’s especially good for detoxing and keeping skin healthy—way better than 10 face masks. No breakouts, no dark spots. Definitely a good feeling.

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