Hot Enough for You?

When the clerk at Safeway asked me that, I knew I was officially cranky.

Because I wanted to punch him in the nose.

After running around doing errands all morning in the heat, I'm hot and witchy with a b.  Yes, I've tried telling myself that I'm lucky to have an air-conditioned car.  That I'm lucky to have electricity at home. 

That I'm not in Colorado dealing with wildfires or a farmer in the Midwest dealing with drought.

I know I'm lucky that I don't live in a third world country with not only no A/C but also no running water.

And I know he was just trying to be friendly.

But I still wanted to punch him.

I didn't, though--which I'm sure you'll all be glad to hear!  You wouldn't want to be reading the blog of a raving mad woman, now would you?  I just smiled and said, "Wow, sure is.  How about you?" 

Maybe he wanted to punch me in the nose too. It's making us all irritable around here, and there's no end in sight.  Tomorrow is supposed to be another record-breaking day. 

I told my son who is in Afghanistan that I felt guilty complaining about 105 degrees with 115 heat indexes when he's dealing with 120 degrees. His answer--"yeah, but at least it's not humid." :-)

Because we all know it's not the heat ... it's the humidity.  And boy, does it get humid in Northern Virginia!  When we first moved here almost 10 years ago people told me I'd get used to it.  Either they lied, or my body just refuses to accept the fact that it's not in the moderate Pacific Northwest or Bay Area anymore!

So another weekend will go by without doing all the things I need/want to do outside.  Like weeding the garden ... sprucing up the plant containers ... sanding furniture ... finishing cleaning up the storm debris ... sipping a Mojito on the deck ...

Oh well, it's not like I don't have plenty to keep me busy inside.  And I really do appreciate how lucky I am, I do.

So I'm going to try to slap my cranky self around and have a good weekend.  Maybe go to a nice, air-conditioned movie.

What are your plans?  I hope you all have a great weekend, and if you're living in heat-wave country you stay cool and happy!

Happy Saturday!

Hi there blog buddies!  I hope your weekend is getting off to a good start.  I've just enjoyed a leisurely Saturday morning drinking tea and watching the occasional snowflake fall. We're on a "winter weather watch" here in Northern VA, which could mean anything from a couple of inches of snow to a bright sunny, cold day.  You never know around here.

While my morning has been leisurely, I can't say it has been peaceful:  Our dogs apparently have a lot of pent-up energy and need a nice, long walk.  First I watched as the little one ran around the house with a toy in his mouth that was just about the same size as he is. He'd stop, throw it in the air, pick it up and shake it, then take another loop through the family room and kitchen.  Then the two bigger dogs decided they wanted in on the game and started chasing and wrestling each other around the first floor and up and down the stairs to the second.  I'm surrounded by a crazy pack of furriness!  You'd think all the noise would wake up my son, who is home for the weekend, but nope!  Not having to get up at the crack of dawn and being home (he's a Marine) probably means he'll sleep until this afternoon ...

Well I do have some things I want to show you, but the camera is just not cooperating.  Proving once and for all that it is the camera's issue and not the operator's, it's pretty much totally on the fritz.  We're going to take it in to see if it is worth repairing, but in the meantime I'm going to borrow my son's camera.  Once he gets up and tells me where it is ...

So I hope to post some photos soon.  In the meantime, enjoy your Saturday and the rest of your weekend!