Summer is HERE!!!!

[Running Mommy]

Current temps..

Wind from 308 degrees @ 6.0 MPH Gusts to 7.0 MPH Temp 101F Humidity 9% Dewpoint 31F Pressure 999.7 mb

And check out that humidity! WOW!! Can you tell where *I* live??
Suffice to say, runs will now be done at 5:30 am or 7:30 pm, and rides will all be before 9:00 am.
It's that time of year again girls, brace yourself... It's coming to you too!!

Did I ever mention I LOVE the heat???

[maillotpois]

Wow - that would just be too much for me! My best friend from college moved to Tempe (from Boston) and we joke about this t-shirt he saw of a skeleton in the desert with the caption "But it's a Dry Heat!"

I will say I am SO happy to have gotten a complete ride in with NO rain at all yesterday. I think that's a first for the year. Maybe not, but it sure seems that way!!!

[DirtDiva]

Steady on, mate! Some of us are yet to break 20C/70ishF, and still think it's been warm lately.

[kiwi girl]

Steady on, mate! Some of us are yet to break 20C/70ishF, and still think it's been warm lately.

Now that's enough to make those of us who you always accuse of making you homesick think uncharitable thoughts (it feels like it has rained about every day for 10 days in Christchurch)

[Dianyla]

Ugh, I'm soooooo glad I live in the Pacific NW.

[Crankin]

Well, no one can tell me that "It's a dry heat" makes a difference. I remember the day I went to the mall to buy some sheets and towels after we had just moved into our first house. Temperature: 117 degrees F. I had tears in my eyes and thought to myself "It's not fit for any living thing."
No wonder I spent all my time exercising at the gym. I only wish I had started cycling seriously when I was younger, but every time I tried, it was too hot for me.
One of my kids' birthday is April 13th. We used to have a breakfast party, starting at 8 AM, so they could play outside and be finished by 10:30 when it would be 100 degrees. I think we should have had summer vacation in the winter, since no one can be outside in the summer.
Every time I go out to my car after work and the wind is blowing snow and it's 20 degrees out, I remember what 117 felt like and how I had to hold a rag in my hand to open up the car door.

[Lise]

It sure as heck isn't summer in Chicago. Blech. (read betagirl's brevet report if you don't believe me!) I'm cranky because I just pulled the down comforter out AGAIN. I've put it away three times already...but I lie there in bed, huddled with the blanket pulled up over my head, trying to generate warmth otherwise!

Until they "fixed" the boiler in my building, my apt was unbearably hot. Now that it's "spring" in Chicago, it just seems to be off. I know, you all can laugh at me when it's 105 in the shade with 99% humidity, when I, too, have to run before the sun comes up...it just seems like it will never, ever be warm again. Every year, the same...every year, it feels eternal! L.