Raindrops! Real live wonderful rain..!
Alas, it was hot rain :-/ didn’t last long and evaporated right away.
It’s only supposed to be 86 degrees Monday and for a second I thought I could venture out to visit the route, but I don’t believe it yet.
Gd bless my awesome customers/clients! It was a blast visiting stores, traveling, being productive and making money, the best memories ever, Thanku..!
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The heatwave is back. I guess it never left, it took a 2-day or so break then resumed.
It’s not as fierce as before but that’s because I’ve gotten used to it I guess.
Thermostats are saying it’s 109 degrees in direct sun. Digital thermostats say it’s 109 degrees but ‘feels like’ 119º
I’m not looking forward to closing a business that had so much potential but never got off the ground. I’ll try to keep as many clients as I can if any.
The heatwave should conclude sometime in September.
The thermostats still say 100+ degrees, but the air is a bit cooler.
Yesterday was supposed to be the hottest day of the year and it wasn’t too bad, so it can only get better I say!
Since there was a promise of rain this week, I thought I could make it back to work this coming up Monday, but it looks like neither will happen just yet.
September is a given, tho!
Heatwave continues unabated with no end in sight.
It’s annoying, dangerous, and useless.
If there’s a reason for it, please feel free to share.
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More trees please 🙏
>Too many trees are bad for u.
But the sun is scorching the blacktop and it’s actually melting in spots.
>And that’s my problem how?
There’s people suffering in this heat!
>That’s why air-conditioning was invented.
It’s not even August yet, the hottest month of the year!
>Try throwing shade, maybe that will help.
Wait a sec, who is this….?
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I found a blessing!
During extremes, blessings are hard to find, but I found one.
This gives me great hope because there may even be others.
After micro-managing an oppressive heatwave and focusing on all necessary survival details, it occurred to me that one micro-annoyance I don’t have to deal with, during these extreme temps, there are no bugs!
That is a mega-blessing to me!
And during extreme winters, too!
Ever the optimist, I found a blessing and I’m keeping it.
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HEAT WAVE by someone named Tanka
gods, exhort the sun
punish the unbelievers
and so it was done
the greeks believed in many
but we now pray to just one
oh Lord please spare us
frying eggs on the sidewalk
hasn’t been much fun
we know we hated winter
but summer is a bummer
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To my brave candy box customers;
I don’t know how u do it in this heatwave, it’s massive, and I’m hoping I don’t lose too many of u during these summer months.
I was able to service a few machines before succumbing to the heat.
Going in to beautiful businesses hot, sweaty, and dizzy was no way to conduct business so I’m suspending service thru July, prolly August.
It wasn’t the cloudless days of unrelenting heat, it wasn’t even the excessive heat alerts I kept receiving, it was the quality of results that was diminishing.
Unless it’s flooding, should a cool rainy day appear, I’ll be on the road 1st thing.
Thanku for your patience.
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When Sirius would appear in the sky just before the sun, near the end of July, that marked the very hottest days of the year.
The Romans referred to this period as ‘dies caniculares’ or ‘days of the dog star’, which was eventually translated as ‘dog days’.
