Elevated temperature

Ohio is suffering from an extended period of elevated temperatures, ie: it's hot. Really hot. The pool is almost too hot to swim in. The grass is brown. The cat is shedding so much hair it drifts in the air and swarms in circles under every table. You can sense the trees begging for rain. We are tempted to stay indoors in the air conditioning, which is reminiscent of winter when the windows are shut and all the outside sounds are lost to the constant white noise of fans blowing. Yet, in Ohio, we learn to deal with the weather extremes, because that is how we are seasoned by the seasons. We put on our sunglasses and sunscreen and broad brimmed hats and sit in the shade. We drink lemonade and iced tea by the gallon. We complain about it to each other, but we still want to be outside. We want to swim and go boating, we want to play cornhole and watch baseball. In fact, my daughter is driving my unairconditioned car today. No big deal. She will be able to brag about how she did it, with the temperature being 101. Plus, it's a great excuse to eat more ice cream.