Thanks pam- great one as usual! JOHN MC. On Sun, 13 Aug 2000 10:04:48 -0700 Pam Alderson <jnpalderson@home.com> writes: > > > > > > Welcome to Arizona > > > > May 15th > > Just moved to Arizona. 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 10th > > 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 20th > > 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. > > > > June 28th > > The temperature hasn't been below 100 all week. How do people > get > used to > > it? It is taking longer than I expected. > > > > July 1st > > Fell asleep by the pool ... the heat just wipes you out and makes > you > > sleepy. 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 old' sun in a climate like this. > > > > July 3rd > > 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 shit. No more pets in this heat! > > > > July 7th > > 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 10th > > Been sleeping outside by the pool for three nights now. $1,500 in > damn > > > house payments and we can't even go inside. Why did I ever come > here? > > > > > July 15th > > 115 degrees. Finally got the air-conditioner fixed today. It > cost > $500 > > and gets the temperature down to about 90. I hate this state! > > > > July 20th > > If another wise ass cracks, "Hot enough for you today?", I'm going > to > tear > > his throat out. Damn heat. By the time I get to work the radiator > is > > boiling over, my clothes are soaking wet, and I smell like > Roasted > Tabby! > > > > July 25th > > The weather report might as well be a damn recording: Hot and > sunny. > It's > > been too hot for two damn months and the weatherman says it might > really > > warm up next week. Doesn't it ever rain in this barren damn > desert? > Water > > rationing has been in effect all summer, so 1,700 worth of cactus > just > > > dried up and blew into the #@*&$!% pool. Even a cactus can't live > in > this > > heat. > > > > July 28th > > Welcome to Hell! Temperature got to 123 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 > $1,500 > > > house payment to bail me out of jail. > > > > July 30th > > Worst damn day of the 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 its new $500 > windshield. > > That does it, we're moving to Montana for some peace, quiet and > cool > > (under 95). > >