Musings

So, I guess most of the country is having a small heatwave.  For the first time since moving out here, I get to participate in the crazy weather the rest of the country has experienced over the past few seasons… well, sort of.  For most of you, a heatwave means 80-85 degree highs in May.  For me, it means 90-95 degree highs in May!  Everyone at work warned me about the crazy heat the Valley gets when I complained about the small heatwave of 80-85 degree temps we had back in March, and they weren’t kidding!  I knew it was hot when I felt some relief from the heat the other day when the high was 88 degrees!  The thing I find amusing, though, is that they told me the humidity here is “really bad”.  ”It will get to 115 and it will be a sweltering heat.  The humidity is SO bad.”, they said.  Imagine my dread, based on my knowledge of what the words “humidity” and “sweltering” mean (Mom, Val and Aubs, you know what I mean!).  I’m starting to think the word “humidity” in Cali-language might mean something different than it does in Midwest/Southern language, because I have yet to see it.