I apologize...
Deeply, Profoundly, and Sincerely.  I simply could not carry on as it was. I could offer countless excuses or rationales: some misted veils of truth, others holding water to some degree. By and large, I was weak. 
I had been strong for so long... 3 years...  Maybe even longer, as I lost track/stopped counting the days, weeks, months as they passed.  Each year was a small victory. Each season a feather in my imaginary cap.  I was proud.  Perhaps too proud. There were times I could have given in before now. Times of deep introspection. But I did not... resisted... fought the good fight...
Until today.
- Several days of increasing temperature...
 - A humidex peak of 41c yesterday...
 - Day Two of a smog alert...
 - ... and the firm prospect of 4 more days of the same conditions
 
I have installed my Air Conditioner
