Seriously?...It's only March

When people find out that I used to live in Chicago and now live in the South they usually ask me if I like it down here. That's a hard question to answer. As in any situation in life, there are pros and cons. Here is one of the biggest cons...

IT'S WAY TOO DANG HOT DOWN HERE!!

I am not a hot weather person and it gets hot and humid here early in the year. In the summers, the temperatures are usually in the 90's and get up to the 100's. This does not make for a pleasant afternoon outside. When I go to the grocery store, I have to take a cooler along to put my ice cream in otherwise it melts too much in the time it takes me to load my items in my car. This is ridiculous in my opinion. In Chicago it seemed that the evenings provided a bit of relief from hot temperatures. Not so in the South. The lows only get down into the 80's at night. This does not make for a pleasant evening of sleeping.

Anyways, it's been in the mid to upper 80's for the past several days and we had to go ahead and turn on the air conditioning. It's only March and we now have our air on and will continue to have it on until October! This is ridiculous in my opinion. Our house is extremely hard to keep cool and keep the cost low. So, we have our thermostat set on 85 degrees. If we set it at 84, it runs all the time and our electric bill will break the bank. So, if you stop by one afternoon in the summer and find me hanging out at home in my bathing suit you will know why. And the bugs! Don't get me started on the bugs down here...but I'll save that for another post. Stay cool!