Monday, June 22, 2009

High Temperatures

Yesterday it was 98 degrees. My grass seedlings wept and only survived because I drown them in water. The only living things enjoying the heat are my hedge of knockout roses—they’re in a blooming nirvana. Today, I’d like to avoid thermometers—it’s easier to handle the heat if you don’t know how hot it is.

Only I can’t avoid thermometers unless I close my eyes when I drive—the doctor’s office on nearest cross-street proclaims the temperature and a “coupon” for $500 off a breast augmentation surgery. The doctor is a plastic surgeon. He also advertises getting ready for “bikini weather.” His slogan is “Diet and exercise—yuck. Liposuction—yeah.” I’m not sure which advertisement I find more offensive. The fact that he (yes, I’m a sexist and assume the doctor is male) thinks women need their glands enlarged or the fact that he wants people to believe that the way to deal with excess adipose tissue is to suck it out of your body with a glorified vacuum.

But wait…I was talking about the heat. (Sorry, went crazy on a tangent there for a moment.) Back to the temperature. It’s in the high 90s outside, maybe even pushing 100. Inside the air conditioner is running, but we still have people living at 100 degrees. Matt still has his upper respiratory infection and a fever just over 103. Thankfully, ibuprophen keeps it down to 101. However, we’ve added another malady to our house. Ariel now has a fever and throat infection. I’m either going to learn patience really soon or start buying Sam’s Club-sized cartons of masks and gloves.

10 comments:

  1. Are you sure the heat hasn't affected you yet?

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  2. At least you haven't been the one getting any of the sicknesses. Maybe you'll come down with everything all at once. That would suck. :(

    Hmm...according to the online "thermometer" (which I think is supposed to tell the weather at the airport) it's 95 degrees, but according to the thermometer at our house, which is probably getting some sun, it's 103 degrees. So, I guess it's somewhere in between--maybe around 99 degrees?

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  3. Nana says: This is why we live in Southern California. The temperature here may actually hit 80 this week!! Right now I am wearing a sweater because it is a little bit cool.

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  4. Yeah, it's averaging 81 degrees daily here too.

    Hey, wait a minute. Did Ariel get sick AGAIN? Does she have tuberculosis or something weakening her immune system?

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  5. No, she just has a really weak immune system.

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  6. we're enduring similar heat for the foreseeable future... which is not making me enjoy the end of pregnancy - and for the girls, too hot to be outside is no fun either! but at least no one's sick. :)

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  7. Yeah, it's been getting really hot recently. Taking into consideration your many sick individiuals, it must be quite difficult over at the Keller Home at the moment.

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  8. I do not have a really weak immune system. At least not ordinarily, though I suppose anyone's immune system might be weakened after having the flu for ten days. I'm surprised that Dad hasn't yet begun to force us all to take airborne. Not that it really helps anyway.

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  9. Yes you do, your just in denial.

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  10. Boo on heat. We were just in South GA for dad's high school reunion and it was ridiculously hot. Oh, and I hope the plague ends soon!

    p.s. I miss that Keller family!

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