Texas Summer

I love summer in Texas.

First there's the heat. melts asphalt. you can fry an egg on the sidewalk (yes, I did that when I was a kid). you even think about stepping outside and you sweat. you freeze your ass off when you go into stores and it feels about 50oF. If your AC goes out, or you can't afford AC, you very well could die from heat stroke - happens every summer ;(

Then there's the sun. It's over 100o, plus about 10-30o extra in the sun. You can get sunburnt walking to your mailbox. You get drivers-tan - left arm burnt while rest is white, or riders-tan - right arm burnt. You can literally blister your skin if you touch things, like the metal of your car after it sits in the sun, or the metal part of your seatbelt.

Then there's the drought. First, because of the heat and sun, the water sources evaporate and algae/bacteria runs rampant. The water tastes and smells like pond scum. Anything you make to drink or eat, using tap water, tastes like algae/dirt. When you shower you smell like dirt. When you flush the toilet you smell dirt. When you brush your teeth you have nice minty-dirt breath. Because of drought, there's water rationing. You can only water your house one time a week. (they wouldn't let us water at all except the foundation will crack and your house will fall down). Of course everyone in your area is limited to that same day. This causes wonderful excitement with water pressure. While showering you switch from barely dripping to full blast-slam-you-against-the-wall presure. Then once you turn off the shower, you might get random spurts of water for minutes afterwards.

Ahh, such a wonderful time of year.

Ok, end of sarcasm :D

Kittens are growing up great :)
~Isabo