We managed to squeeze out one last trip this summer and went up to Tahoe for a couple of days. It was very mellow and nice. (Of course, I forgot to take pictures.) I think it was the first relaxing trip/social event I had this summer. I don't know what it was but summer this year was a little nuts.
However, now I am neck deep in a work deadline, so the posts will be short and sweet for a while. Although I AM going to try to post more
often. I mean, really wg, what a slacker.
Summer also still seems to have a grip on us around here. It is HOT. Between you and me, I'm sick of it now. Sunny California weather be damned. I am especially sick of my summer clothes. I am tired of shorts that don't quite fit (do they have to put a bulging drawstring in every pair?) and slobby tank tops because that's all you can stand to wear in the heat. I am ready for Fall. I am ready for cute sweaters and closed-toe shoes. And really comfy sweats in the evenings with a big mug of hot lemonade. (Have you tried that? It's so good. You just nuke a little lemonade in the microwave or even squeeze a lemon fresh with a bit of sugar in hot water… mmmm, yum!)
Of course, I'm still drinking hot tea even in the heat because that tea is like lifeblood to me! I don't care if the Starbucks people look at me funny when I turn down their offers to "ice" it! I need it HOT, goddamnit! Don't you know that caffeine is heat-activated?!
Anyway, where was I? Oh yeah… so you know what I've been doing in the evenings instead of relaxing in my comfy sweats with hot lemonade and/or hot tea? I've been moving fans around in front of every single window in the house, all open of course, trying to cool down the house before bed. Sometimes I am doing this until midnight. Then I have to close everything up again against our local pack of marauding raccoons.
Cheeky little buggers. I just know they'll steal my tea and lemons.
– wg
I’ll pass. I don’t even like cold lemonade.
Hot lemonade? I’ve never even considered it. Hell, it was so cool here most of the summer that I hardly had any lemonade at all this season! Our high tonight? A brisk 68! That’s damn good sleeping weather right there, but I’ll be honest, I’d rather sleep through an Iowa winter and come back round when the weather is like this again.
I second that emotion… being sick of the California heat, I mean. I have no opinion one way or the other on hot lemonade… unless someone asks me what to do when life gives you hot lemons.
When the heat really got going this summer, I invested in a “portable air conditioner” for our nursery. I assume they call it portable because it has wheels. Other than that, it’s a monstrosity. Seriously, I wouldn’t “port” that thing anywhere. I would be mobbed by people wanting to meet my hulking robot.
I’m the same way with coffee. Cannot, CANNOT, drink it cold. The very concept is sacrilegious.
Hot lemonade? Eh, I shouldn’t be so surprised I guess, my sister loves hot orange juice when she’s sick.
And as a general rule, I like my drinks to be the opposite of the temperature. And yes, that means I will take iced -ICED!- coffee, not coffee that has gone cold, because that just tastes nasty.
So for a while we’ll just get a tease of the fall chill before it really sets in. And no matter how cold it is at night, I’m keeping those windows open till late to forget the heat waves we keep having. Mexican hot chocolate was so good last night. I only do the hot lemonade when I’m sick.
Thanks for sharing~