Gasp...wheeze.....

Here it is June and we've already broken into triple digits. I live in Texas. I know it gets hot. I just wasn't expecting it to do it this soon.

A.C.'s been running a lot lately, even using ceiling fans and box fans to help it seem cooler. Somehow one of the box fans from last year has disappeared - not in the house, not in the attic, and I can't seem to find it buried in the garage either. So, I've spent part of this morning looking online for a fan. I wanted to see what was available at the closest stores. Here's the interesting thing - when you find something online at one of the big box stores or home improvement stores, the very one you want is 1.) Out of Stock, 2.) Only sold online, 3.) If you do buy it online it takes 2-3 weeks to ship. Found a really nice dark blue fan I coveted, then read the estimated arrival time and it's sometime in mid-July. I could die of heatstroke by then! Well, not really of course, but you get my point. So, I guess I'm just heading to one of the local places and buy one of the common box fan varieties - grey box, white grid, white blades. So much for creativity...

Another interesting problem is the sound has begun it's hot weather trick and goes in and out on my car audio system. It started last summer, but would fade in and out. This summer it goes off and stays off for a couple of days and then I'll get back in the car, turn the key and suddenly the radio starts up again. I've called around to several places, explained what it does, ("As soon as it hits high 90's-100's, and I hit any type of bump in the street the sound disappears....) and gotten a half dozen explanations. The radio is still operating - I can see what song is playing - just can't hear anything. I've also gotten varying repair costs, or no cost at all until they 'see it and make sure what it is.' One place wanted to charge around $300, telling me the problem was actually inside the radio and they would have to pull the system out to work on it. Might as well get a new sound system installed for that amount of money. So, I guess I'll wait until the weather cools down in September to listen to uninterrupted music.

Hot weather. Gotta love it.

um..okay...ready for fall

All of a sudden it's, like, 99 degrees outside. I keep forgetting and start begging to go outside...until someone laughs and lets me out. I try and put up a good front, you know, like pretending the heat doesn't bother me, me with a fur coat 'n all ya know, but the first time someone says, "Ready to go back inside?" I just zip up on the deck and stand by the door until it opens and I can slip back inside where it's cool. Don't understand why it goes from pleasant to hot, hot to pleasant and then pleasant to cold and icy. All within just a few months. Seems like we just had all that slick stuff on the ground, then it got really nice for a couple days; now it's miserably hot. Jeez.

Not so much road construction anymore, so even if I do go out it's not so loud. I still keep an escape path handy to the deck and can slide under the glider in a flash because the occasional earth moving machine comes roaring by. Wish they'd get done and leave us alone.

Here's a picture of me after being outside for a while...just trying to cool off you understand...

It's About to Be Summer

We've had a lot of rain recently, but I think it's about to 'burst' into Summer. It was nice to have 60 and 70 degree days, but right now it's 93. The high temperature for the rest of the week looks even higher. The hot weather is upon us; I'm just praying the air conditioner doesn't go out again this summer. Can't afford a new one so have to try and keep the old one working.

Didn't get the job at the office I thought I might. Instead they hired a woman who knows nothing about what's going on so has to be trained to even log into the computer. Interviewed for another job at another site, but let's just say I'm not holding my breath. I'm thinking I really would like to follow Jypsy's suggestion and work through August when the contract expires and then just try and get the book edited. I so want to do something with this. Just have to bide my time until I can have enough time (in big enough blocks) to finalize it.

No other news. A little envious of my brother and sister-in-law who are heading soon to the coolness of the Oregon coast for the summer. Must be really nice. I figure I'll never be able to retire and do something like that due to my unemployment situation for the last three years that's pretty much run me out of money. I'm assuming at some point you'll be able to spot me at the front doors of Walmart welcoming people as a Walmart Greeter. Unless, of course, I can do something with this dang book....and the other one I'm already 115 pages into.....Jeez.

Not much else going on here in the Lone Star State. Don't even have a recent picture of the cat - although she's done so many hysterical things lately. Hope the few who follow are enjoying the beginnings of Summer. Til next time, amigos and amoureux des chats!