Hot Time In The City!!!

Or the country, doesn't matter, it is super hot in Texas!

Good grief, someone pull the shades, bring on the rain, shoot in amongst us, we gotta have some relief!

Sweltering, smothering, lake level lowering, AC killing, UV dominating heat.  After a certain time of day, even my beloved patio is a danger zone.  I love, love, love Texas but this is the time of year (came early, I think) that I wish I had a summer home somewhere else!

People are always surprised when we are playing in the sun while they are still in danger of snow or cold weather, but this is the down side.  Temps over 100 in July, August and sometimes September.  That is when we are lucky they don't start in June.

I was watching the weather the other day, fruitless at best.  And the familiar, huge circle over Texas with the big "H" marking the High that won't allow anything but high temps and no rain, just sits there.  Depressing, especially when they say it will be there awhile.  All around the big "H" circle, in the bordering states, there was rain and lower temps just dancing around us as if to harass us. 

I also saw on Facebook a picture of a once used deck with a long walkway just sitting in the middle of what seemed like a field of grass.  It was described as where the lake used to be in my home town, ugh!

Is this unusual?  No.  Is it OMG signs of global warming or apocalypse ahead?  No.  It is Texas.  On a year of less rain in April, May and June and the temps raise to over 100.  It happens.  It has been worse, I can remember a couple of years we went down in the history books of record weather.  So what do we do?  We don more sunscreen, drink more water, pay higher electric bills, forgo the make up that will just melt off anyway and wait for the break.

We will be rocking great temps when a lot of people will be seeing their first snowfall.  We will be wearing shorts to Ranger playoffs, Football and Halloween.  We won't rake leaves until way into November or December.  We will be sitting on patios at the restaurants.  We did that the other day and it became uncomfortable before we left, even in the shade it was hot.

It is our trade-off, we don't shovel snow, pretty much ever.  So, ok sun, go for it!  Just praying for some rain! 

Be Happy People and Texans - don't forget the sun block!!!