Welcome to the dog days – where it’s a steamy 95 degrees and raining outside and the water evaporates in a foggy mist as soon as it hits the pavement because the sun is still stubbornly shining through the rain streaming down. That kind of hot.
The kind of hot that makes you sweat at 7 in the morning. The kind of hot that burns your hands on the steering wheel. Melts your favorite lipgloss. Runs your AC into the ground.
Don’t even think about rinsing beach sand off your heels with the water hose that’s been curled up like a snake in the sun all day. You only do that once in life. You never ever ever in a million years do it again.
And that would be beach sand from your sunset walk. Only the masochists go to the beach between 9am and 6pm.
But then there are the runners. The runners defy they laws of dehydration. They’re out all the time. And they’re superhuman. I always expect to see one fall down and die right there on the side of the road. But it’s never been documented. Like I said, they’re superhuman.
The best word we have for this is summer. But the word “summer” has a different meaning here than in other parts of the world, like – oh – say – New England, where “summer” may still include frost on the ground.
So. The way I see it, we should rephrase things based on the academics that live in New England.
They call the weather between June and September “summer” – so a southern winter should be called “summer” – since the weather is about the same.
And I’m guessing we can call this southern occurrence between June and September “Hell”…
AND, I’m thinking we can call the northern experience between December and March “Hell, frozen over.”
Just sayin’
So… How many seasons exist where you are?
one. it’s between 75 and 85 degrees every day here, and gets down to 55-65 at night.
but then there’s about half the year where it rains — and half where it definitely doesn’t. so i guess you could call that two seasons.
if you want to be technical, scientists would say we have a short dry season and a short rainy season, followed by a long dry season and a long rainy season. but i’ve never actually witnessed this. scientists are always saying how things “should” happen.
i just know when i go outside on any given day, it’s going to be warm. and either i’m going to have a thick film of dirt on my teeth from the dust in the air… or i’m going to have soggy feet for the next six months.
Ha! but, between 75 & 85 everyday? That’s my kind of living!
it is rather nice. but in order to get the good weather, we traded away air conditioning, access to burgers and pizzas, and any real form of entertainment.
Just two lol … the wet season and the dry season – we really do call it that over here.
(3 if u count the fact that between July and November is the official hurricane season in the Caribbean.) LOL
I mean, we have no fall nor winter, right? yay tropics
Although I still really wanna see what snow is like up close and not just on tv…
I love it here. Even the “hell.”
I don’t think I’d survive somewhere that got REALLY cold.
Some people hate it. I love it. I don’t know. I’m one of those people who “sees” places through a historical lens. We’ll be driving around the Island or down backroads around here and I ask my wife if she can “see” the land. She thinks I’m a little nutty sometime…but I like to imagine it in it’s different historical periods.
…horses, carriages,
…Native Americans stalking through the forest.
you know the “old days” – ok I’m weird. What does it have to do with summer?
Well, it makes it bearable. I know many generations have come and gone on this little slice of HOT land without AC. I like the thought. It makes me like where I’m at.
Be right back, going to get my loincloth and mocs.
hahaha!!! Yeah – I’ve never felt so hot that I was going to die, but I have felt so cold that I thought I could die.
I’ve wondered how people survive the freezing cold north without any heat. I guess fire fire fire fire fire – they just start burning stuff.
I’ve only lived here for a short while but since we get 3 or 4 of what most Australians call seasons per day, I’m guessing as we move through the rest of the seasons I’m going to get up to 16 or so.
But bear in mind that here in Northern Ireland, it’s never been above 85F or below 5F since records have been kept. Ever.
hahahahaha, so true about New England… don’t you miss it?
I knew you’d understand!!
Let’s see….it’s going to be 106 today here in Phoenix. Parking in the shade still doesn’t mean your car will be cool when you get it in at 4:30 in the afternoon. And it was 90 something when I left for work this morning at 6:25 AM.
Yesterday on my way home from grocery shopping (our church only meets Sunday nights – feel I should say that so people don’t think I’m a heathen and go grocery shopping rather than to church) I saw a guy running in the heat. My thoughts: you’re probably the most ripped guy I’ve ever seen in real life and you’re dumb running in this heat.
Wow. That is some serious crazytown.
But …. talk to me about the humidity?
Dry obviously related to what you guys have, worst I felt & checked to see what it was, was a few weeks back, it was 105-degrees and 32%+ humidity.
we have two: rain and no rain.
the rain season lasts from october to may 31st (this year it spilled over and took all of our june). ick.
the no rain season is my favorite. i love the shorts wearing weather! but i don’t want to move somewhere that i can wear shorts most of the year. it’s like my mom’s huckleberry cheesecake. i want to have it all the time but really the rarity is what i treasure the most!
hmm… that makes a lot of sense. you’re a smart girl, jess!
Here in Connecticut we still have four seasons. Five and 1/2 months of cold, freezing, Winter. Five and 1/2 months of hot, humid Summer. With two weeks of beautiful Spring and Fall between them.
I looked outside this afternoon and it was that light-blanket kind-of cloudy, you know, like when a snow storm is about to roll in. and the wind was blowing. and I thought: It looks chilly outside. hahaha!!
Currently we’re in the “Hell” season as well here in AL. However since we have no idea where we’ll end up next (maybe Truckee CA – near Lake Tahoe, maybe Redmond WA), I have no idea how many seasons we’ll have. Guess we’ll find out when we get there.
Hey Michelle!!!!
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On Mandy’s response to Ed: AH HA HA HA HA HA!!!
Oh – we seem to have had two seasons this past year Winter and Spring – Summer may make it’s mark. Does two weeks of sun and no rain count as summer?
Catching up on Blogs I haven’t read for a while – Found I had to take some breaks this last 6 – 9 months as life needed me more than the computer. My blogging has stuck primarily to keeping family/friends updated on where we are in life/what country.
Read your posts on the waiting. Praying for you and please cling to God’s promise for your family future. My Bro-in-Law has been a Youth Pastor for 14 yrs – they were married for 13 before they were able to conceive. Trying for 13 yrs with everyone at church wondering “why don’t they have kids?” It’s not easy and for my sister, it became a personal process of coming to terms with God’s plan for her – including two very fertile sisters. I won’t go into their personal story other than we’ve seen God’s work and His provision for them. Keep trusting and know that when you do have a child – biologically or through adoption (my Hub is adopted!) – they will be yours and such a precious gift.
Will pop in more regularly as I have always enjoyed your Blog and it was truly an inspiration for me when we made our move overseas. Cheers!
SUSAN!!!! HI!!!!
thank you for your words – and for taking some time to catch up on my life. yes this has been quite a journey. But I think I’m finding my feet in the midst of it.
Love to you and your family,
m
oh lawdy. you know it’s hot like that here, too. one of my biggest memories in distinction between where i live now, and where i grew up on the coast, is that, you could get out of your car at midnight, only to still be hit in the face with the thickest heat, and then wonder if you were getting any oxygen in your lungs in between all those huge drops of moisture called humidity.
meanwhile, it’s still hot and humid up here, just not as humid. but we’ll be hangin out in the 100′s for the next 5 days. till we get a 3 day reprieve of high 90′s thanks to a thunderstorm that’s headed our way. and the odd thing about it… it really DOES feel like a reprieve. crazy when it’s 98 degrees outside (like that dude group!), and it actually feels like you’re getting some relief.
Georgia seasons…it’s either Hot, or this dead thing called winter that is barely coat-wearing weather – but winter nonetheless. Then its hot again
Really hot! I remember that
Where I live, inside this condo, it is almost always a cool 66 or 67 degrees. I breathe better that way, and all my friends walk in my house and go directly to my closet for a sweatshirt.
Wimps.