Summertime - Guy
I live in Texas. We have had a record setting summer. We are on our 25th straight day over 100 and and have accumulated an additional 10 days or so that hit the century mark for the summer...so far. Add to that a record setting drought and it has been one hot and hard summer. The headline in the local news about a week ago said "A Hurricaine might be a good thing for the Texas Gulf Coast"....say what??? Leaves are falling off trees and grass has long been withered.
One might think it has been officially summer for a while now and I might agree, but it was officially SUMMER this week at my house. Every year you reach a period sometime in late August when you can climb in the shower and never turn on a drop of HOT water, and still feel like the water is too warm. That day was Tuesday of this week. Now really what does one do if you sweat in the shower? Seems to defeat the purpose. The hard part is September is still truly a summer month. I think September is the hardest. Having grown up well north of my present location, September is the month you start to get cool mornings and a few cool days. NOT in Texas. September is like a 2nd August. Which reminds me of a Texas weather joke...There are two seasons in Texas, Summer ........and January.
This is our cabin fever time. We all race to the comfort of our AC. We don't want to go out. Grocery shopping is a drag, lugging all that stuff to and fro to the car and then again into the house. Besides who wants to eat when it is this hot?
I have had my fair share of Sonic Strawberry fresh fruit slushies and have come to love those frozen peach margaritas they sell at the grocery store. I keep a big old thick stem glass in the freezer. I grew up drinking RC colas at my grandmothers house out of that glass. They came out of soap powder boxes. It seems to add to the treat! Holding that really cold glass adds to the heat relief.
Hurricanes, heat and frozen drinks...it MUST be SUMMERTIME
Sounds completely miserable! You know how much I hate heat. Makes me extremely thankful for my cool location. We've had numerous days of sun and some temps around 80. Mornings are cool <50 and nights are just right for good sleeping. No a/c and no fire in the fireplace. Although we have a massive pile of wood ready to be use, which I'm sure will happen entirely too soon. Your weather, my weather, completely opposite throughout the year. Stay cool, cool friend.
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