>> ARIZONA SUMMER
>>
>> May 30th-- Now this is a state that knows how to
>> live!! Beautiful sunny days and warm balmy evenings.
>> Mountains and deserts blended together. What a place!
>> Watched the sunset from a park lying on a blanket.
>> It was beautiful. I've finally found my home. I love
>> it here.
>>
>> June 14th-- Really heating up. Got to 100 today.
>> Not a problem. Live in an air-conditioned home, drive
>> an air-conditioned car. What a pleasure to see the
>> sun every day like this. I'm turning into a real sun
>> worshipper.
>>
>> June 30th-- Had the backyard landscaped with western
>> plants today. Lots of cactus and rocks. What a
>> breeze to maintain. No more mowing for me. Another
>> scorcher today, but I love it here.
>>
>> July 10th-- The temperature hasn't been below 100 all
>> week. How do people get used to this kind of heat?
>> At least it's a dry heat. Getting used to it is
>> taking longer than I expected.
>>
>> July 15th-- Fell asleep by the pool. (Got 3rd degree
>> burns over 60% of my body). Missed two days of work,
>> what a dumb thing to do. I learned my lesson though:
>> got to respect the ol' sun in a climate like
>> this.
>>
>> July 20th-- I missed Tabby (our cat) sneaking into
>> the car when I left this morning. By the time I got
>> out to the hot car for lunch, Tabby had swollen up to
>> the size of a shopping bag and exploded all over
>> $2,000 worth of leather upholstery. I told the kids
>> she ran away. The car now smells like Kibbles and
>> sh_t. No more pets in this heat!
>>
>> July 25th-- Dry heat, my ass. Hot is hot!! The home
>> air-conditioner is on the fritz and AC repairman
>> charged $200 just to drive by and tell me he needed to
>> order parts.
>>
>> July 30th-- Been sleeping outside by the pool for
>> three nights now. $1,100 in damn house payments and
>> we can't even go inside. Why did I ever come here?
>>
>> Aug 4th -- 115 degrees. Finally got the
>> air-conditioner fixed today. It cost $500 and gets
>> the temperature down to about 90. Stupid repairman
>> peed in my pool. I hate this state.
>>
>> Aug 8th-- If another wise ass cracks, "Hot enough for
>> you today?", I'm going to tear his throat out. Damn
>> heat. By the time I get to work the radiator is
>> boiling over, my clothes are soaking wet, and I smell
>> like roasted Garfield!!
>>
>> Aug 10th-- The weather report might as well be a damn
>> recording: Hot and Sunny. It's been too hot for two
>> damn months and the weatherman says it might really
>> warm up next week. Doesn't it ever rain in this
>> barren stinking desert?? Water rationing has been in
>> effect all summer, so $1,700 worth of cactus just
>> dried up and blew into the pool. Even a cactus can't
>> live in this heat.
>>
>> Aug 14th-- Welcome to Hell!!! Temperature got to 128
>> today. Forgot to crack the window and blew the
>> windshield out of the Lincoln. The installer came to
>> fix it and said, "Hot enough for you today?" My
>> wife had to spend the $1,100 house payment to bail me
>> out of jail.
>>
>> Aug 30th-- Worst day of the damn summer. I'm not
>> leaving the house. The monsoon rains finally came and
>> all they did is to make it muggier than hell. The
>> Lincoln is now floating somewhere in Mexico with it's
>> new $500 windshield.
>>
>> That does it, we're moving to Oklahoma for some peace
>> and quiet.