Here's one that im still hickuping over.
"Don Rafa"
May 30th
Just moved to Texas. 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 worshiper.
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
it? 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 ole' 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 shit. 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. $1,500 in damn house
payments and we can't even go inside. Why did I ever come here?
August 4th
115 degrees. Finally got the air-conditioner fixed today. It cost $500 and
gets the temperature down to about 90. I hate this state!
August 8th
If another wise guy 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!!
August 10th
The weather report might as well be a damn recording: Hot and sunny. It's
been too hot for two 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.
August 14th
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.
August 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 its new $500 windshield. That does
it, we're moving back to Iowa for some peace and quiet. |
