It’s not you Summer, It’s me!

heat miser! (Photo credit: picturemommy)

Summer is here with a vengeance, and for once the desert in  which I dwell isn’t getting the fuzzy end of the lollipop. Compared to previous years, this year has been cool. Don’t get me wrong, it’s still hot as hell, and probably hotter than most places where they are complaining about high heats, but it’s cooler than the summers we are used to. The rest of the country? They are used to cool summers, so a sudden burst of warm air is misery for them, which is completely understandable.

See? This heat that America has been punched in the face with? That’s why I hate summer! I have to deal with that heat year after year! It’s not that I hate the summer, I just really hate the heat! I hate the heat, and the misery that it puts everyone through! No good thing ever came from insane amounts of heat!

This year though? While I still don’t like it, I don’t really hate it either. Because we have had a mild summer here, I have gone from pure hate, to just a generally high dislike. Keep in mind, that could change! Especially if/when the heat decides to come back here and torture us desert folk some more before it leaves.

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almost time to say farewell to summer

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Well, summer is nearly over. I am pretty sure I will end up surviving it this year. Next year however? Well, that’s a different story.

Anyway, the summer hasn’t been that bad this year! Sure, it’s been hotter than those nice coastal cities, but in comparison to previous years? Not bad at all! In fact, I dare say it had been tolerable. Please note that I did say “Had”, as in past tense.

Apparently, before the summer does fade away, the season decided to whack us with a heat-wave. Not just any heat-wave either mind you! It’s the hottest heat-wave on record! I am honestly surprised that there is life here in the small desert town! Why aren’t people just bursting into flames? I mean we are talking temps over 120 degrees! By all rights we should just be bursting into flames!

This heat wave has been attacking us for the past week or so, and the heat is constant! Even the night air hasn’t offered any breaks from the extreme heat. On the bright side however, according to the local news, this heat wave should be breaking tomorrow, and making way for cooler weather. So, obviously that’s something to look forward to, and I am sure it will work out just like that too, because as we all know; Weather forecasts are notoriously accurate and are never wrong.

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