Friends, it's been hot lately. Uncomfortably hot. Hot enough that your strength feels sapped, hot enough that you don't want to linger outside too long, and hot enough that our town's non-air-conditioned elementary schools have bussed the children to nearby air-conditioned middle schools for the past several days so teachers can hold classes more comfortably.
Even more than the heat itself, its placement seems wrong. It's September, which is when the air should be taking on a hint of crispness. It shouldn't be in the 90's. I've mentally moved past summer temperatures, wardrobes, and activities. I'm ready for a tee shirt, a pair of broken-in jeans, and a cute pair of boots. I'm ready for football weather.
Clearly, the season is not cooperating. One Facebook friend said it aptly:
"It is too hot. I can't even, because it is TOO HOT. All things rescheduled until it isn't today anymore."Sometimes this is what you do. You raise the white flag. You accept that this day and its heat and humidity is no longer working, and you're no longer functioning. You give yourself permission to flop around languidly. You don't cook a large dinner; nobody's that hungry, anyway. You permit yourself to reschedule things until it isn't today anymore.
And then you wait, knowing the weather will break. It always does.
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