It stopped snowing in June. Our spring was bypassed, and summer hit on the 1st of July. Heat, then cooling, and now heat again. It is fun to wake up in the morning and get dressed without shivering – better yet, you enter the shower gently, enjoying the mild warming water that caresses your skin. You smile as you suds luxuriously in the warm air, not hurrying along as in winter.

After 6 months of (impatiently) waiting, I am NOT using the A/C! Next week, September begins, and the temps are getting cooler. People are talking about Fall. I say, “Shut up! Shut up!” Two months of summer is not enough. I have not thoroughly thawed from last winter yet.

I fear we will return from the tropical paradise Cabo San Lucas on Sept. 28th and have to shovel snow to get into our driveway. I will be the short one, barely standing above the snow, crying.