HOT HOT HOT! I need to whine about it.

Now that I'm back in the heat of Arizona, I have been thinking about all the crazy quirks a Phoenix summer has to offer. Of course there's the smoldering heat. The high for this year is 114 degrees so far...but we still have all of August to get through. The hottest temperature I have experienced here is 122 degrees. (I was 8 at the time and I have blocked it from my memory.)

There's a rumor that you can fry an egg on the asphalt here. Not sure I believe it.

July and August also bring monsoon season. Except for the humidity it brings, I kinda like the monsoons. The rain is a WONDERFUL relief from the heat and the lightning and thunderstorms are really awesome. The buildings on the left side of this picture are downtown Phoenix preparing to get hammered! The monsoon winds can get a little crazy. One of the trees in our front yard blew down a couple nights ago (not an uncommon event!) and every once in a while there is a big dust storm. This is one we had last year. It moved across the valley going 40 mph!

Another surprise for me is the tap water. Now that it's so hot, when you turn the cold water on it is pretty warm and will never cool down! So we use A LOT of ice at our house. Apparently they didn't bury the water pipes deep enough for them to stay cool! It doesn't cool down much at night either. For example, when it was 114 for a high it was 91 degrees for a low! It's just crazy. Anyways, I guess I just need to think about what wonderful weather we have in the winter to find the will to make it through the summer!