I've been keeping myself cooped up in the air-conditioned shade of my house. Now I have a weather station with an outside sensor to tell me both the temperature and the humidity level outside. When the display says it's 75% humidity and the temperature is 93 °F in the shade, lying around inside and watching soccer is the intelligent choice. But I really miss going out and walking around during the day. How long is it till October?
My need to stay out of the sun precipitated a not-really-serious suggestion from Oz that we move to Vermont. Hah. We've only ever been up there at the end of May. It was gorgeous, all the flowers in bloom which bloom down here in March? But I remember the signs: "Nightly snow removal, November-April" and "No Parking, Falling Ice."
Three months of soggy boiling heat and temperature winters vs. six months of nightly snow removal?
Virginia wins for now.
On the other hand, it's not like we'd have to remove the snow ourselves …
172 words | June 26, 2006 10:49 PM | Because I said