Some say it's hot.

Remember if you will, a coolness.  A time in your life when things just seemed, well, simpler.  A time when children laughed and smiled.  When grown adults smiled as they huddled around the bonfire with a beverage of their choice.  A time when there was no war.  A time when there was no famine.  A time when there was no HEAT!

Think back to yesteryear when it was 9 degrees for three days!  I remember having a beverage with Redfish one afternoon, talking about the coldness.  We both agreed, "we'll take the heat anytime, just get the cold done with". What the HELL were we thinking?  Yeah, I can take the heat.  As long as I have an a/c that runs, I can take the heat.  But this is ridiculous.  I have third degree burns on my temples from putting on my sunglasses!

I actually did something I haven't done in a long time today.  I went outside.  In the middle of the day.  As soon as I hit the edge of the porch, I knew it was a mistake.  The heat sucked the breath out of my lungs like a 4 year old with a chocolate shake.  All the moisture in my eyes dried up instantly.  My will to live was completely abandoned.  After being in the yard for somewhere short of 5 minutes, I had bat-wings that would make the Congress Avenue bridge in Austin cancel their evening show.  It was hot!

And rarely in my life have I had to say, "well if you think it's hot there, you should try it in South Texas".  This would be the year!  A friend posted the forecast for Dallas on Face-book last week.  106 to 108 every day.  We were downright frigid down here with only 104's!  Almost broke out a hoodie!  I've heard it's 113 in Norman, Oklahoma.(and who names their town Norman?)  I even heard it's 157 in Larry, Texas. (haha, not really)

Last week, I saw a Tarantula spontaneously combust!  I saw a match start on it's own!  I saw a homeless person with a sign that said "forget the beer, forget the money, just give me ice!"  I have a new-found empathy for things you cook in an oven!  I saw a news report of somebody cooking on egg on the Texas Motor Speedway track!  Fire-walkers are refusing to walk on the sidewalk barefoot.

Is this the beginning of the end?  I hope so!  No, not the end of the world silly, just the beginning of the end of the heat!  If you look at it logically, last week is historically the hottest week of the year in San Antonio.  So by that reasoning, this really is the beginning of the end.  Just typing it makes me feel better.  That and the ice cold beer and the highly efficient 14 SEER air conditioner!