I hate summer in the Cotton Bowl. Being landlocked in a crowded city where temperatures hover over one hundred degrees is miserable. I don’t want to go out into my garden. I don’t want to drive with the top down. I don’t want to hit golf balls or walk my pooch. I don’t want to leave my bed. I just want to vegetate in a dark air conditioned room until Autumn.
The worst part of my summer malaise is that my Spouse just doesn’t get it. He wants to be outside ALL THE TIME. I can remember how exasperated he’d get with me during our years in New England. During the winter, I wanted to be outside playing in the snow while he just wanted to hunker down and sulk. Now that we are in the land of perpetual sunshine, he is in his glory and for a few months out of the year, I’m a very cranky broad.
This past week we looked at lively, beautiful Myrtle Beach as a possible winter site for our Snowbird retirement. I was thrilled that he wanted to compromise with me by spending summers in Nova Scotia and winters on the Southern Atlantic. Then he dropped the bomb. “When I said we’d split our time, I thought you understood that I meant 6-8 weeks in the North and the rest of the year in the South.”
No. No, I didn’t. What kind of souless sun-worshiper wants to spend tulip season and leaf peeping season on a bustling boardwalk with sweaty tourists? This changes everything. I never considered divorcing my beloved Spouse, but as gawd is mah witness, I will not be denied my cool Northern solitude.
What’s more, if a cold front doesn’t come right here to THIS forsaken dustbowl soon, I’m packing my bags and moving out and he can retire to the beach alone. Or maybe I’ll just take another cold bath and rent some more extreme snowboarding videos. Either way, don’t bother looking for me outside. I always say if the Good Lord had wanted us to suffer in the heat, he wouldn’t have given us air conditioning.
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witchypoo
// Jul 1, 2009 at 4:52 pm
I’m a heat weenie too. Don’t tell the spousal unit but summer hasn’t really decided to visit Nova Scotia yet. Our Canada Day fireworks might be called because of fog.
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Jen on the Edge
// Jul 1, 2009 at 7:43 pm
You just completely nailed the reason why Pete and I don’t live near his family in Houston. Oh, that and his mother.
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Lisa
// Jul 1, 2009 at 10:40 pm
Amen, sister.
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Green Girl in Wisconsin
// Jul 2, 2009 at 8:35 am
Man, you sound absolutely miserable, honey. And after reading this I am SO thankful for our change of seasons–and more pleasant days than beastly days. Last week was like you describe and I HATED it. This week has been in the 60-70’s and I was much happier. And reflected on how rotten southern summers must feel after a while.
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Pinkpeaks
// Jul 4, 2009 at 12:50 am
I hear ya, girlfriend. I spent the last 4 days in Monterey, CA - my new favorite spot in the US. It was a full 40 degrees cooler in the heat of the day there than here in the sauna we call “Houston.” Monterey: 65F, Houston: 105F. The upside: we have only 90 days until it drops into the lower 90s…
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Minivan mom
// Jul 5, 2009 at 10:01 am
I loved this post. My husband LOVED living in Austin with the endless sunshine, while I seem to have the opposite of SAD - I get depressed if there aren’t some clouds/rain on a regular basis. Now that we’ve moved to Dallas, I still hate the heat, but at least it’s more seasonal (relatively speaking) than Austin.
I miss my 32 years of New England seasons. Desperately. My husband gleefully chucked his snow shovel and ice scrapers, but I miss it.
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Janet
// Jul 9, 2009 at 10:52 am
Come see me - we’ve been unseasonably cool - in the low 80s every day and even more unusual - low humidity!
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