July 23

Hot, Hot, Hot

Well, it certainly is hot, even for someone like me who loves the summer. I'll still take it over freezing though. I spent all of Friday afternoon and evening in D's pool. It's amazing how much cooler 104 feels when you're in the water . We'd float around in the water for quite awhile talking and relaxing, then sit on the deck in the shade having something to drink (and chatting). We had our books and I was crocheting while we talked, but it didn't take very long and we'd be so warm that back in the pool we'd go. I had closed the house up before I left in the morning, but even so it was 85 inside when I got home around 9 pm. By early morning it had only dropped to 81 . Without our normally cool evenings the house just doesn't have a chance to cool off.

Saturday I stayed home thinking I might get something done around the house. RIGHT! Even with some cloud cover the temp still got into the low 90's and the thought of sticking my hands in hot soapy water to do dishes was not the least appealing. After getting the garden and flowers watered I spent the day sitting on my butt playing games on the computer or watching movies with tall glasses of iced tea, water or coke next to me at all times.
This morning I got up to blue sky, bright sunshine and the thermomoter already over 80 (and it's on the patio in the shade). Needless to say I'm grabbing my swim suit and heading for D's.