I decided long ago, that the stork can and does make mistakes, that it has a wicked sense of humour, and that it must have been exhausted the day it was hired to deliver me, it was after all, the year of the Baby Boom..... it dropped me off in the wrong part of the world, too lazy to fly all the way North to my real parents, because I know, I believe, I feel it in my bones, that I should have been born to a family of Eskimo's in the middle of the ice fields of Alasca or in the Siberian Wastelands where the temperatures reach -40 on a warm day... well maybe not that cold.
My children tell everyone how they were the only children in the country that had to wear a hat, gloves and scarf in the car and then take them off when they get out of the car, that I have the only car in the world that steams up on the outside, because the inside is colder than the outside....
At the age of 8 my parents moved to South Africa,the land of Sunshine, and I have been melting slowly ever since. "Normal" people dream of lying on beaches roasting in the sun, smothered in sun tan lotion, with a martini.... shaken not stirred of course, me, well, I dream of checking in as a guest at the Ice Hotel, drinking sherry out of Ice glasses and sleeping on a bed of ice, wrapped up in a cocoon of fur, watching the Northern Lights, bliss.
But as Summer arrives and the temperatures rise daily, with new records are being broken the hottest September in 160 years, hottest day in October since records began, temperatures edging up the mercury on my thermometer, to almost boiling point, they have already hit the 34 degrees mark...... and November has just started.
I wish that stork had dropped me off somewhere else.................somewhere COLD
Oh my dear friend...you need to visit me today! It's snowing outside even though the sun is also shining. It's only in the 20's here. I'm thinking of putting a fire in the kitchen fireplace tonight. We won't have any great accumulation of snow in our town..north of us in Cleveland they are on the lake and get the "lake effect" snowfall. I do enjoy summer here but we had a cooler one than normal and frankly, I enjoyed that! I got to swim but it never did get the water too warm! I hope it cools off soon and I'll keep a candle in the window incase you run away!
ReplyDeleteOh you poor dear, that is hot, hot,hot. No wonder you want to sleep in an ice house and it's only November.
ReplyDeleteMy blood would be boiling at that temperature... I like it cool too and my husband doesn't mind the heat.
It must be unbearable for those who don't have air conditioning and for everyone. I hope it's not going to be this hot all Summer. You can always come live in Canada but then we're having some extreme weather also.
Wishing you a nice cooling rain.
Hugs,
JB
Karen I am so happy to here tonight catching up with you. It has been way too long.
ReplyDeleteBought a new lap top and trying to learn it is going to be a challenge.
I am sorry honey but I laughed reading this because of the stork thing and because I always thought the same way except never have I wished for cold weather. hahaha
Can't handle your hot temps though so not sure where the stork should of dropped me.
Your welcome to come to Texas for our winter. Been freezing for over a week and I don't handle that well this early in the year.
Did a post this evening but it was hard trying to type on this new computer. haha
Now I am off to read your previous post and catch up with you. I have really missed you
Love
Maggie