Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Heat wave mostly cancelled, nightly walks resume!

The heat wave is finally subsiding!  After a week of temperatures that sometimes topped 100 degrees F and heat indexes that hit as high as 115, summer is feeling a little more like summer and less like Death Valley. What a wonderful period of time to be driving a car without air conditioning, no?

The Jetta is dead. Long live the Prius!

...yes, I'm driving a Prius. It used to be Carrie's, but she's upgrading to a Tuscon that will hopefully be our version of a miniaturized mini-van. I do not need a new car, so I'm driving around the old car while my wife gets an upgrade. I was fine driving the Jetta around in the heat even without air conditioning, but with Shane around I don't want him cooking in the baby seat if I had to drive him somewhere. Plus, there was one night where Min kept burying her head in my armpits and trying to lick them. If that's not a sign that I need a car with air conditioning, then I don't know what is! Thank you for the advice, cat-who-loves-bad-smells.

Of course, as I pronounce the heat wave as 'subsiding' Weather.com tells me the rest of the week is going to still be in the mid-90s and there's another day topping out at 100 coming up. It almost makes me want to take Al Gore more seriously.

Thankfully, it was only in the mid-80s tonight. Shane and I have been going on nightly walks for the past couple of months. We had to put them on hold during the worst of the heat, and it's nice to be able to enjoy them again.  Every night around 8:00, I strap Shane in to his stroller. We cruise around our neighborhood for anywhere between 15 and 40 minutes to try and tucker him out before bedtime. He really enjoys being outdoors and rarely fusses while underway. Shane doesn't really laugh or giggle through the walks either, though. I suspect it's because he's so busy looking at everything. I try to use the time to learn all the paths and streets in our neighborhood and learn the faces of some of our neighbors. It's funny how little I know of so many people who live so close to me, but seem so far away. I keep hoping I'll bump into a fellow nerd, but I know it's unlikely. Nerds fear the sun. The odds of bumping into an outdoor nerd are limited to the few seconds it takes them to park and then run into their domiciles to begin nerding. That's what I like to do the moment I get home from work.

Speaking of "nerding," I think I hear Shogun 2 beckoning me to feats of conquest again...

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