Before I left on my trip, Kristin had been emailing me the forecasts so I could be prepared and know what to expect weather wise. I was bracing myself for what 94 degrees would feel like, packed some dresses and capris and hoped for the best! Well, when I got there, it actually ended up being cooler than they originally anticipated, which I thought was so neat! I even jokingly told Kristin that the Lord really must love me, since he knew I was coming to TX and cooled things down! :)
Back here at home on the coast of CA, it doesn't get past 70 degrees on most days. And yes, I totally realize we are spoiled here. I love our almost always amazing weather and I think that, aside from the fact that we're so close to the beach, would be one of the big things that would keep me from ever moving away from this area.
Although we have awesome weather most of the time, there are still times when we have these weird random heat waves. And sometimes they happen at totally weird times. Like in October, when it's supposed to be feeling like fall and you're supposed to be out picking your pumpkins at the patch while sipping warm apple cider.
Let me just crush that image and share with you the reality of our week. Today, our high here was...
101 degrees! Crazy, right? I was such a scorcher and for us coastal people who know nothing of this weather, it makes us a little crazy! We whine and fuss and complain our way through the day. I know my TX friends are probably laughing at me right now, but seriously, as I told Kristin, we just don't just understand weather like yours! What we also don't have is A/C build in our homes, which makes things really uncomfortable on crazy hot days!
When I picked Alyssa up from the bus today, she could barely move, and I'm not even joking. She grabbed her capri sun juice, sucked it down and then had no energy left to do anything. I told her how I thought today might be a fun day to go to the Avila Valley Barn to pick our pumpkins, but all I got was this....
I'm such a stubborn person that once I make up my mind to do something, I really, really want to do it. I just told myself that maybe a air conditioned car ride might do the girls some good and they would have some fun when we got there, getting to pick their pumpkins and have a little ice cream treat at the Sweet Shop there.
I managed to convince everyone to come along, but first I had to get them up off the front porch, where they were laying there with their ice packs, lol!
Just before we left, I begged Alyssa to take a picture of me and Liv, who from this picture, clearly was not having it! It's a little blurry but here was our only take...
Can you tell we get just a little cranky when it's hot? :)
We ended up making it out to the Barn afterall, but it was so incredibly hot, and everyone was cranky. We even left without my traditional family picture in front of the big wall of pumpkins because my Hubby had had enough. Boo! :(
At least I have this one I took when we first got there...
Not too bad, right? :)
I took quite a few pics while we were there, so I think I'll sort through those a bit and share those on another post. In the meantime, I'm gonna enjoy the fact that it's finally cooling down and brace myself for what tomorrow might be like!
3 comments:
Okay, that is just crazy!! Did you take some TX home with you?!! And I know you were talking about A/C when you were here, but I did not realize that y'all don't have A/C in your homes there! Oh my....we would absolutely die! There is never a day we don't have ours on. Except for a few months in the winter where we actually turn the heater on. I'm glad you got to go to the barn though and that picture is so cute of the girls!
It's been over 100 in So. California this week too but I love it!!! I prefer a little cooler but I'm happy as long as the sun is out and we can wear tank tops and flip flops -- my kind of day!
Hugs,
Trisha
101??? windy and 50s here. brrr! enjoy the heat!
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