It’s been a long, hot summer. When the temperature hovers around 95 with 95% humidity, you tend to learn quickly that if you have things to do outside, you get out of bed early and get whatever it is done by 11:00 a.m. so you can spend the rest of the day inside your air-conditioned home.
The summer here starts late April to early May and continues until September, when the first thing that declines is the humidity. In the next few weeks, our Florida temperatures will drop slowly, and when winter arrives, there might be a night or two when the temperature falls below freezing. There will be no bodies of water with ice on them. There will be very, very little chance we’ll see a single snowflake where we are, and there might be a day or two when it’s too cold to golf. I don’t own a winter jacket any longer; there’s not often a need for anything warmer than a sweatshirt.
I miss this time of year back home in Minnesota, with the anticipation of the hunting seasons and the changing color of the leaves on most of the trees—there’s very little of that here in Florida. Come to think of it, I don’t recall our furnace having to work to warm the house for more than three days last winter—more important is that the air conditioner gets a much-needed rest.
More than anything, this is the time of year when I miss being around family and friends the most. We have some family near, and new friends, but it’s not the same as “back home.”
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I swear I could write a book with the stories I hear while at the wheel of my cab. While on the job, I get the opportunity to meet people from all over the United States, Canada, and other parts of our world. It’s interesting how many people can tell I moved here from Minnesota by my “accent” – little do they know, but they are the ones with accents.
Have A Good Week!
