I haz a hot
Yesterday the temperature here flirted with 90 degrees. We Seattleites are not used to such scorching temperatures. You Texans and Georgians may laugh at such a statement, but this weekend was the first time all year the temperature got above 80 for any length of time.
On Saturday I splurged for a $3 movie for the four of us (me, my wife, my daughter and granddaughter). "I'd like four tickets to air conditioning, er, Hunger Games," I told the box office attendant. She just laughed. We chose Hunger Games in part because it's a good movie that we'd already seen and knew we would enjoy, and in part because it was the longest movie the theater was offering that day.
This is a dodge we used to pull all the time in Texas when they had $1 and $2 movies. We'd grab a few bucks, pack up the kids and spend the day watching movies. Good movies, bad movies, silly movies, movies from Italy or France, movies we'd seen before, we didn't care. They could have advertised an empty theater for $1 an hour and we'd probably have paid it. And bought popcorn to go along with it.
Yesterday we went to (air-conditioned) church, changed our clothes, packed up some food, grabbed the Igors and went for a drive. We had planned to go up toward Lake Goodwin, but a whole bunch of other people had the same idea, so we kept driving and ended up at Deception Pass State Park at the north end of Whidbey Island. The picnic area was cool and shady, there was water for the kids to play in and around, and everyone had a pleasant time. Much better than we would have if we'd have been sitting at home grousing and sniping at each other because of the heat.
The temperature is supposed to spike near 80 today and then be down in the 70s over the next week or so. I sure hope so. Weather like this reminds me of why we were so happy to get out of Texas.
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On Saturday I splurged for a $3 movie for the four of us (me, my wife, my daughter and granddaughter). "I'd like four tickets to air conditioning, er, Hunger Games," I told the box office attendant. She just laughed. We chose Hunger Games in part because it's a good movie that we'd already seen and knew we would enjoy, and in part because it was the longest movie the theater was offering that day.
This is a dodge we used to pull all the time in Texas when they had $1 and $2 movies. We'd grab a few bucks, pack up the kids and spend the day watching movies. Good movies, bad movies, silly movies, movies from Italy or France, movies we'd seen before, we didn't care. They could have advertised an empty theater for $1 an hour and we'd probably have paid it. And bought popcorn to go along with it.
Yesterday we went to (air-conditioned) church, changed our clothes, packed up some food, grabbed the Igors and went for a drive. We had planned to go up toward Lake Goodwin, but a whole bunch of other people had the same idea, so we kept driving and ended up at Deception Pass State Park at the north end of Whidbey Island. The picnic area was cool and shady, there was water for the kids to play in and around, and everyone had a pleasant time. Much better than we would have if we'd have been sitting at home grousing and sniping at each other because of the heat.
The temperature is supposed to spike near 80 today and then be down in the 70s over the next week or so. I sure hope so. Weather like this reminds me of why we were so happy to get out of Texas.
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