Sunday, July 10, 2011

Beat It!

As we crossed the invisible line that separates Missouri and Kansas, our car kept the secret that the weather was changing, drastically.

When we stopped for gas with about an hour left, I walked to the little girly's room and when I got back I was thirsty. I must have been really thirsty, because I drank almost an entire liter of water in that last leg. When we arrived home, despite having to pee, I was still parched when our 86 year old neighbor came to tell us the latest news and inform us that this heat that we were experiencing, right now, while melting away listening to her tell us all about it and how awful it is, was around 105 today. I thought I was going to have to slap her and dodge to the door to steal some 86 degree gasps from our otherwise sweltering house. By the way, we are now well informed as to what degree she dislikes our hose (she used her own to water our flowers today, and NO, we did NOT ask our 86 year old neighbor to water our flowers! That was supposed to be the job of the lady in her 60's, two houses down, but 86-er likes to have her hand in our yard... not to mention the part of her driveway that is in our yard, which I will reserve the right to bring up only as a last resort to get her out of my hair).

Uh hum.... Where was I? Right! So, it's freakin' HOT right? And dry! and WINDY! And I'm thinking about how much more water it is going to take me to feel less reptilian when it dawns on me that I must put on a ton of water weight living in HotDryWindy, KS. And if that's so, and the sweating that I do at the gym would just be normal in CoolHumid, MO, then I know what I am really doing, when I dawn my sneakers and push the QuickStart button on the treadmill. And what I believe I am really doing, my friends, is running away from Kansas!

DING!

Times up. Mmmmm.... and that couch was SO comfy today.

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