Melting

Remember the scene from The Wizard of Oz when the wicked witch gets a little water splashed on her and she melted?  

That's kind of the way we feel right now.  We are in the middle of a heat wave.  It is HOT.  

Yesterday at 5:00 in the afternoon it was over 90 with the heat index of 99.  Today is worse. Benay checked the temperature an hour ago and it was 93 with the heat index of 103.  It's supposed to be 96 today. Not bad if you have central air.  We don't.  I just looked and it's 87 in Giovanni and Carys's room which means it's that hot  in the entire house (and even hotter in the kitchen).  

Even our new pool is suffering.  Look at this sad little guy:

That goofy shape  is 100% heat related.  

It's so hot that we are taking showers using only cold water and even then we sweat as soon as we get out.  

It's tough sleeping at night as Benay's parents can attest to.  They were here last summer and swore they would never come back during that season.  It's tough to get used to.   You literally sweat in your bed.  Not fun.  

It's tough but it isn't our first summer here.  We do the best we can to fight the heat.  

Yesterday we went to the pool and boy did it feel good.  We played together:

We happily hung out together.

Okay, that was a lie.....these two lost pool time for fighting.  I couldn't resist taking this joyful picture.  Notice the joy flowing out of both of their bodies. 

Anderson got to play with one of his best friends and his family. 

Giovanni got to play hide and seek with his big sister. 

We love the pool. 

Even so, you can feel to pray for rain and cooler temperatures. 

By the way, Bronwyn has a new post on her blog.  Go here if you want to check it out.