It is sooo hot and muggy!!!

I think one of the reasons I am finding it hard to cope with being back in Kagoshima is the heat, it is SOOO hot and humid at the moment! Yesterday I went to see my SIL on sakurajima, she is flying back to Kanagawa (up near tokyo) today and I guess she and I empathise alot with each other because we are both stuck in places that are miles away from our families. She has things even harder than I do because my BIL works insane hours and is hardly ever around and she doesn`t have any friends up there. My heart went out to her because although I always complain about how hard things are as a foreign wife in Japan, I do have things easier is some ways, my husband works sane hours and is very hands-on with our son. I also have a network (both IRL and online) of other foreign wives who are there for me to vent to and give me hugs when necessary. My other lifesaver is that I get out of the house almost every day with work so Joey and I aren`t stuck in the house like she and my niece are. The other big thing is that my MIL comes twice a month to help out, my poor SIL doesn`t have any help at all and from this month my BIL has been sent away to Chiba for 6 months so he will only come home twice a month. My niece is very cute but very high maintenance so I am kind of worried for my SIL`s sanity! I have no doubt she is a much stronger person than I am because if I were her, I would be refusing to go back!!! I took Joey to daycare today to give myself a little break and to catch up on some grocery shopping/ chores but all I have done is read blogs!! I am such a bad housekeeper!!!