Summer for us here in the desert is different than summer for the rest of the world. Here in the summer you don't see your neighbors... people hide inside their homes to escape the 100+ degree heat. In the evenings once the sun has tucked away for the night you see people scurrying outside like ants who smell watermelon.
We're no different. in Tucson we didn't even have A/C (we had a swamp cooler) and we managed. Up here it feels like even our A/C isn't adequate! We took a walk to drop off the mail at 11am yesterday. We're talking 1/4 mile walk - total. I ended up with sunburned cheeks and all of us were dripping with sweat when we got back to the house. Yep - 10 minutes in the sun. Pathetic! That same walk at 6pm is fine. Joyful even.
Summer plans - Julia will be doing gymnastics for 1/2 hour on Tuesdays and then we'll shuttle her to her hip hop class at the studio (they brought in a great instructor for the summer!!) and Monday and Wednesdays we'll hang by the pool while she does her swim lessons.
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