This morning I woke up and checked the forecast for Canton, Texas, where the flea market is happening this weekend. Weatherunderground.com reported temperatures were supposed to get up to 111 degrees today in Canton. I just checked a minute ago and it said that it is 104.5 degrees at 6:38 pm, but feels like 114 because of the humidity. Needless to say, we elected not to go and instead made the block and a half trek down to our building to work. The temperature here in Sherman is now a cool 93.5 degrees, but feels as if it’s 99. In comparison to Canton, we practically need a jacket.
We began our workday again at 6 am with the idea that we’d work until 2 pm. A few things I have learned when you have an 8-hour workday beginning at such an early hour coupled with high heat:
1) The sun is not quite up by 6 am and the morning air feels nice and cool. 2) A sealed up, non-air-conditioned building is quite toasty at 6 am, particularly if the previous day had temperatures near 100 degrees. 3) You will be hungry for lunch around 10:30 am. 4) You will be dropping things by 2 pm and everything will start to feel a little too hard. 5) When you return home, you’ll be having dinner around 4 pm. 6) By 5 pm, you’ll be in a dead sleep, probably on the couch in front of the fan. 7) If you have a plan to go out for an 8 o’clock play, you’ll be wondering how you’re going to stay up that late. 8) If you have a shirt to iron before that play, then you have to force yourself to mobilize. 9) If you have plans to go to someone’s house after the play, then that 10 pm rendezvous seems as if it’s in the middle of the night. 10) Getting up on a Saturday to go work again from 6 – 2 in a very warm building with only fans to keep you cool seems like a marginal idea.
I have to go now and iron that shirt I mentioned. I will probably need to drink some coffee to stay awake for the play and the get-together after the play. I am purposely writing my blog in the early evening today because I will not be able to stay awake to write it after I return tonight.
The good news is that on Sunday, we have a cool front arriving with temperatures only up to 84 degrees. Tomorrow, unfortunately, it will again be mid-90’s, but feeling more like 100.
The other thing that I forget until I come to Texas in the summer is that weather and temperatures are a primary source of conversation. What else is there to talk about when it feels as if you’re walking through hot water if you go outside?
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