Summer

Now I love this season. BUT IT IS HOT!! The air conditioning at my house when ka-put for absolutely no reason and I'm typing here in front of the downstairs computer in an 86-degree stagnant environment with sweat on my neck and my jeans sticking to my legs against the vinyl office chair. It SUCKS. To make matters worse my bedroom is upstairs. You know what they say about heat rising . . .

It's actually a lot cooler now outside but it's going to take awhile before the house cools down enough for activities such as eating, sleeping, or moving in general. Already I can feel a halo of heat around my hands just from typing on the computer (I type at about 60-75wpm on average). Anyway...

So for the sake of my own sanity I decided to make a list of the top ten cool tings that keep me from feeling like I'm living in an oven. And they are . . .

1. Ice--as in ice cream, ice tea, ice lemonade . . .
   
2. Ice cream (I mixed French Vanilla ice cream with a half cup of cold roma today...it was ah-mazing)
3. Ice Tea--(anyone getting deja voux?) (anyone know how to spell deja voux?) Back up the sugar and up the tang.
4. Lemonade--"Only twenty-five cents a glass!"
5. Popsicles--what could be more attractive than blue lips?
6. Water . . . need I say more?
7. Swimming pools--these watery boxes actually aren't really my friends, but if there's a shallow end I can be persuaded to risk my life . . . again . . .
   
8. Lakes--A lake can be refreshing even in August. I can't think of many things better than hiking around, or rowing in a cool mountain lake.
   
9. Rain--Nothing more refreshing than standing out on the porch during the storm and letting the rain soak you straight through. It may mean laudery later but...it's totally worth it.
10. AND FINALLY FOR THE GRAND FINALLY! DA-DA-DA DAT! DA-DAH!! Sprinklers--It's a lot of fun to run back forth barefoot through the sprinklers like a little kid. It's even better if there's more than one. Suddenly it becomes a game as you alternately doge and face the spray.