I have been to the garden...

[rolanni]

...and it is hot. The remote digital thermometer is copping to 97 degrees F (36C). The front-of-the-house air conditioner and the back-of-the-house air conditioners are both on -- and yes, the Desert People are allowed to laugh at such wimpishness.

This morning early, while it was only 80F (27C) or so, we had a round of playing in the dirt in the Cat Garden. This was much more challenging for kinzel, who did the actual heavy lifting and digging and such, while I stood around making Encouraging Noises(tm) and occasionally transporting the rocks Elsewhere.

After the garden we did some general yard clean-up, then kinzel made a pilgrimage to Home Despot while I did house chores. I am pleased to report that the dishes have been washed, Scrabble has been thoroughly brushed, the rest of the cats have been Adored, litter boxes have been dealt with; I removed the Zip drive from my computer, installed and tested the new external hard drive. Lunch (half an Arby's roast beef sandwich with horsey sauce, and half an order of curly fries, provided by kinzel) has been eaten, I'm showered, relaxed -- and lazy. So -- off to the couch, me, to finish up with Crouching Vulture, Leaping Loon.

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[connerybeagle.livejournal.com]

"..and it is hot. The remote digital thermometer is copping to 97 degrees F (36C). The front-of-the-house air conditioner and the back-of-the-house air conditioners are both on -- and yes, the Desert People are allowed to laugh at such wimpishness."

BAWH!

That is too HOT.

It will be that hot before we leave the agility thing tomorrow. That's why we have to be there at 6am. I'm not sure mymom is actually going to get up at 3am to do this. She'll have to prove it to me.

[autopope.livejournal.com]

36C?

Urk.

I've just spent the weekend down south at a writer's conference where the temperature was maybe 23-24C. Showers twice a day, lots of fluid, sun-block, and I still felt like a corpse. I'm not evolved for any temperature above 18C ...

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

I'm not evolved for any temperature above 18C ...

The average temperature in these parts for this time of year is 74F/23C. This is, IMHO, reasonable -- you can comfortably go outside, do the gardening, take a walk or whatever and not feel in danger of heatstroke. Today, it's much cooler, she said bitterly -- only 95F/35C -- which breaks another record. The old high temp for this date was 92F/33C, set in 1963.

To put this in perspective, I suppose I should mention that summer in the city of my birth could easily encompass temperatures from 102-105F/39-41C with 100 percent humidity. We moved north because neither one of us was evolved enough to take that kind of abuse, despite having been born to it.

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

...and it is hot. The remote digital thermometer is copping to 97 degrees F (36C). The front-of-the-house air conditioner and the back-of-the-house air conditioners are both on -- and yes, the Desert People are allowed to laugh at such wimpishness.

Not at all--I have the A/C programmed higher, since we're not in the house proper during most of the day, but when I go to start cooking later, watch that temp setting come into play. And thank the universe for the efficient little window unit in my writing/RMT addition. It's supposed to hit 98F today, and I broke down and started watering in the tree's drip lines, since it hasn't rained since we Fixed the Leak From You Know Where (who knew I was controlling rainfall in Austin?)

On another note, hope you enjoy the book. I like Andrews' Meg series so much, I went looking for OWL used in hardback, when the library didn't have it on order. (Must nag library.) In the new one, there was a scene that made me realize that Meg shares a lot of my personality traits--when you finally reach Meg handling someone trying to haggle at a huge garage sale, you will know I have found a kindred spirit...