Hot! Hot! Hot! That’s what this week has been–and promises to be with temps in the nineties for the foreseeable future.
Complaining? Never. I can’t imagine more beautiful weather. After a long, cold winter (in Texas that means sweater weather that lasted into March), the Hergenrader Family is so ready to sweat out the summer.
Why we’re excited in the Hergenrader House:
1. Easy dressing. Catie has tried to wear the same four sleeveless sundresses for the past six months. Every day it’s the same debate… “Catie, you can’t wear that. Too cold.” “Why?” “You need your arms or your legs covered.” “Why?” “Too cold.” “Why?”
And so it goes. Kids (at least mine) will always pull the t-shirts and shorts from the closet. You never see a two-year-old begging to wear a wool sweater. Or pants.
And this doesn’t even address how much easier sundresses are for pregnant women than say…pants.
2. Pregnant or not, I love the sun. Is it the Vitamin D? Maybe. Or maybe it’s that I’ve almost always lived in the South. I can’t get enough of the sweltering heat. Really. I can get into my car on a ninety-degree day and sit for a few minutes with no AC. It feels sooo good. On the contrary, I really believe that cold weather makes my bones hurt.
3. I’m so bad at dealing with cold-weather-related inconveniences. My humidity-softened skin becomes dry, red, and inflamed when the moisture in the air dips below eighty percent. I have an actual phobia about static electricity shocks–seriously, it’s crazy. If I think I’m in danger of a shock (husband leaning over to kiss me), I will quickly grab him to ground myself. Cold weather = constant colds (really viruses of any kind) for our family. And that’s not even the times I’ve tried to drive on icy roads (which we had in Houston this winter).
And finally…
4. It’s here. Swimming pool season has started. Finally–exercise, killing time, and completely wearing out the kids. Ahhhhhh.
