We showed up to communicate in the small ways that we think she is important, but it turns out that she just wanted to say hi for a minute and stick with her class.
So I wandered the zoo with my two boys and loved hearing their little voices and big ideas. I gave Jack a few dollar bills to buy a balloon and when I told him he could run over and pick one out he moved faster than I have ever seen.
He was thrilled by it for all of three minutes and then asked me to carry it (after Joey proved incapable of holding it correctly).
But... this story is mostly about what happened on the way to the zoo.
Of course I had to stop for coffee. My supply at home is all for hot beverages and I have yet to learn how to make a delicious iced latte for myself. So I ordered my drink and a tidbit for Jack and waited in line for my turn to welcome a scrumptious and necessary caffeinated treat.
Usually when I drive I relish the way the car gets so warm and toasty. I let it heat up and then I alternately am pleased at the cool sensation of turning on my air conditioning and feeling all the little hairs on my arm be blown about and my cheeks cooled.
As I ordered my coffee I had been letting the car get to the warm point in anticipation of my iced drink. So when I pulled up to the window you can imagine my surprise when very cold air began blowing into my vehicle.
Um.
In Arizona, apparently, there are air conditioners that blow into your car as you wait at the drive thru.
This is not a good sign.
I have been enjoying the perfect 85 degrees every day.
People keep telling me, "just wait" and I have been laughing and agreeing that pretty soon I'll be one overheated and grumpy girl.
But it wasn't until I realized that it will become hot enough to necessitate AC for the brief moment you roll down your window to receive your iced coffee that I really started to worry.
I'm really in trouble here.
I was not built for the heat.
I am about as fair as they come. The only person I know who is more pale than I am is Jack (who, as it turns out, HATES having sunscreen applied to his face. Oh joy!). I enjoy wearing clothes that cover my body and I not sure how I am going to manage to accumulate a wardrobe of clothes that are modest enough for my tastes (I'm totally not over the top when it comes to modesty, but so many of the clothes that come out in the summer can be appalling!) yet will keep me from dropping dead the minute I walk out the door, or, as it seems, roll down my window at Starbucks.
Oh friends, the heat is coming!
Just be prepared that starting in two weeks, when you check this blog it will mostly say, "IT IS SO HOT!" for about four months.
I'll try and get creative with the wording so you don't get bored, but the idea will be there.
Don't say I didn't warn you.
2 comments:
I am glad to read that it's the thought of heat (and not suspensions and drugs in the back yard) that is most overwhellming to you right now. That actually does bode well! Do you have year round school or will you have to creatively entertain a housefull of kids without using your backyard for 4 months??
And, from one mom of pale kids to another: I've found sunscreening faces is much easier if you say, "push your face against my hands." Owen tries to push me over with his face and the process takes 3 seconds to complete.
Oh Emily. You're so wonderful, I love reading your blogs. I empathize with you, to a point. :) You can get skirts to help with the heat or my favorite: capris. Light cotton t-shirts, like button down types are good, also. You can get camisoles to wear under them so they aren't as revealing. I guess I adjusted to the heat, wearing my long sleeves, pants and boots will do that to you, so I wore jeans and t-shirts except on the very hottest days in Texas, like when it was pushing 100*. For whatever reason, I hardly ever wore shorts. Good luck! :D
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