Ok,
so Y'all,
I swear, we are alive!
We didn't die of heat exhaustion.........
(.....or "The Vapors" if you're Southern)
barely.....
And, what's that you say?
Yes, I do realize its in fact, the month of October.
(Am I the only one this happens to?
You're just coasting along and then,
WHAM!, its October!
Like, no kidding. For Realz, Dawg!
Everyday in July was in the triple digits. In fact it actually started around June 22nd.
Our power bill for the month of July was $408!
Yep, I vomited in my mouth a little when I opened the envelope from Nevada Power.
Now, I'm no Weenie
I grew up in Mississippi!
Um, Hello?
Mississippi is synonymous with Sauna
But let me tell Ya'll,
All those people that tell you that," Oh you'll be fine! Las Vegas is a desert, its DRY heat!"
Obviously have never lived through a 117 degree day.
In the Desert.
That just happened to fall on grocery day.
And you can no longer get away with the mindset, "Hmmm, wonder what kind of meal I can make with Spaghetti noodles and Peanut Butter..."
Las Vegas is a de-sert People, so its full of sand. And wind! So stepping out of your house during that time is like putting your face up against one of those nasty hand drying machines in some groty gas station,
(yes, I said groty! Gross + Dirty =Groty)
but add SAND!
So, instant facial!
Don't even get me started on the fact that I wear contacts.....
Also, a fun little trivia fact about my kiddos:
Apparently, they have a built in barometer, if you will,
that anytime the temperature rises above 104
one of them WILL PUKE
in the car.
Seriously.
Every time
No matter how far we go.
Like even, less than 2 miles.
Less than 5 minutes.
For Realz Dawg!
So, now its almost always Shelby Claire but occasionally it has been Jake so he has been lumped into this statement as well. Apparently this is quite common to the Peeps of Las Vegas or rather people that haven't lived here long. I had one friend tell me, "Yeah, it took us 2 summers before my kids stopped doing that"
Say, What?!
Um, yeah, that's not going to work for me.
The kiddos either need to grow out of it and/or we need to "ghetto tint" the windows of Vanna, according to all the advice we have been given.
OR
We could just stay home.
Which is what we did.
Sucked Ass, but hey, it was free, right?
So, we were stuck inside the house.
All day.
Every day.
We have been suffering a SERIOUS case of cabin fever!
I know that seriously doesn't give me an excuse to quit blogging because, hey, I'm here in front of my computer, right?
But it actually has forced me to come up with more activities to do with the kiddos during the day.
The ole, "Disney movie and popcorn" in the Home stretch/Witching hour was no longer cuttin' it, every day.
So its been me trying to be incredibly creative (there's a reason I didn't major in Elementary Ed, Y'all)
in a city where there is theoretically everything at your fingertips but its too far of a driveable distance so that puke will ensue and/or down on The Strip.
Let me also just point out while there might not be all The Crazies out on the Strip at say, 10 am, there will be guaranteed a few. AND the hotter the temps, the less clothes people wear.
Pair that with an ALL BOY 4 year old and you end up answering questions.
"Why is that lady dancing on that Fireman's pole?"
"Why did that lady forget to put on the rest of her clothes?"
"I see her underwear!"
at nauseum
So, you see my dilemma. We're stuck way up in the 'Burbs with limited indoor activities.
Bummer.
On a Good Note:
The temps have finally started cooling off. We're out of the 100s and maybe even out of the 90s for good.
Its supposedly only going to reach a high of 74 today.
*squeal*