So far this summer in Austin we have had over 50 days at 100 degrees or higher. The heat is unrelenting and awful. There is no rain, we are in constant drought and even a cloud, no matter how small, is seen as a gift from the Gods. It is August, at least another month of summer remains.
I hate the heat, even more than Texans or ignorance, it is what I hate most about Texas.* The heat and I do not get along. The heat in Texas makes me, as my Catholic grandfather would put it, 'sweat like a whore in church'. Actually I sweat more than the whore in church, if she even goes anymore.
The time outside can be limited though, one goes from air conditioned apartment, to air conditioned car, to air conditioned gym and to air conditioned work. I am not doing road work, digging ditches or repairing electrical lines. My milieu is middle class, my job is white collar and my exposure to the heat is mostly limited to my bourgeois preoccupation with soccer.
In October the weather will be different. Autumn will come to central Texas and my heart will be full of happiness. The days will be still be warm but the nights will be cooler. I await this with fervid longing and barely disguised impatience.
*some of that was a joke
Why do you think I have never asked to come visit you? My best friend lives in Florida and when she asks me to visit in the summer, I am like, "Oh hell no."
ReplyDeleteStill, nice to know you are in an AC cocoon. Perhaps a visit is in order someday; I have always wanted to see Austin.
Yeah, a visit sometime would be nice,the fall is the best time. Maybe bring your man friend, it'll be fun.
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