Several days ago we had a thunderstorm roll in and the temperature here hasn’t recovered. Good thing we hit the Renaissance Faire a weekend earlier! Then we just experienced what would be Fall. Now we’re in Late Fall or standard Fall where I’m from, wet, cloudy, cold and a chill that goes to the bones. I don’t care for this because it still reminds me of the snow to come back in the Midwest and Great Plains. Then I remember, I’m in Austin! This is as crappy it gets over 90 percent of the time! Most years, this is our Winter and we’ll have patches of Early Spring sessions all the way to February, maybe March…before the oppressive heat returns.
After 25 years of freezing my butt off in the North, I’ll always love the trade off I made. With Climate Change, I don’t know what to expect for Winter though. Either option isn’t very appealing, namely the possibility of more deep freezes capable of knocking out the power grid for days at a time. I probably should get off my behind and buy a portable generator from Home Depot or Lowe’s. Somehow the cell-phone towers never go down and it will be the best way to convey information.
Meanwhile, I need to stock on some more appealing soups to go with the killer sandwiches Jennifer has let me make for us. OK, they’re nothing I’d enter a competition in. They’re just boring old Wonderbread things filled with delicious HEB-branded deli meats. I’m just more excited about getting the opportunity to make meals around the house and proving I’m Grade A boyfriend material to her. At the very least, a better roommate than the cats have been.