Moving to Texas- (a little laugh for you guys today!)

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DebbieLyn63
DebbieLyn63 Posts: 2,650 Member
(a funny story I got from a friend. Thought I'd share. Those of you who live in Texas will get it!)

Moving to Texas

Dear Diary,

Just moved to Texas! Now, this is a state that knows how to live!! Beautiful sunny days and warm balmy evenings. It is beautiful. I've finally found my home. I love it here.

June 14th:

Really heating up. Got to 100 today. Not a problem. Live in an air-conditioned home, drive an air-conditioned car. What a pleasure to see the sun everyday like this. I'm turning into a sun worshipper.

June 30th:

Had the backyard landscaped with western plants today. Lots of cactus and rocks. What a breeze to maintain. No more mowing the lawn for me. Another scorcher today, but I love it here.

July 10th:

The temperature hasn't been below 100 all week. How do people get used to this kind of heat? At least, it's kind of windy though. But getting used to the heat is taking longer than I expected.

July 15th:

Fell asleep by the community pool. Got 3rd degree burns over 60% of my body. Missed 3 days of work. What a dumb thing to do. I learned my lesson though. Got to respect the ol' sun in a climate like this.

July 20th:

I missed Lomita (my cat) sneaking into the car when I left this morning. By the time I got to the hot car at noon, Lomita had died and swollen up to the size of a shopping bag, then popped like a water balloon. The car now smells like Kibbles and ****z. I learned my lesson though. No more pets in this heat. Good ol' Mr. Sun strikes again.

July 25th:

The wind sucks. It feels like a giant freaking blow dryer!! And it's hot as hell. The home air-conditioner is on the fritz and the AC repairman charged $200 just to drive by and tell me he needed to order parts.

July 30th:

Been sleeping outside on the patio for 3 nights now, $225,000 house and I can't even go inside. Lomita is the lucky one. Why did I ever come here?

Aug. 4th:

Its 115 degrees. Finally got the air-conditioner fixed today. It cost $500 and gets the temperature down to 85. I hate this stupid state.

Aug. 8th:

If another wise azz cracks, 'Hot enough for you today?' I'm going to strangle him. Damn heat. By the time I get to work, the radiator is boiling over, my clothes are soaking wet, and I smell like baked cat!!

Aug. 9th:

Tried to run some errands after work. Wore shorts, and when I sat on the seats in the car, I thought my azz was on fire. My skin melted to the seat. I lost 2 layers of flesh and all the hair on the back of my legs and *kitten* . . . Now my car smells like burnt hair, fried azz, and baked cat.

Aug 10th:

The weather report might as well be a damn recording. Hot and sunny. Hot and sunny. Hot and sunny. It's been too hot to do crap for 2 damn months and the weatherman says it might really warm up next week. Doesn't it ever rain in this damn state? Water rationing will be next, so my $1700 worth of cactus will just dry up and blow over. Even the cactus can't live in this damn heat.

Aug. 14th:

Welcome to HELL! Temperature got to 115 today. Cactus are dead. Forgot to crack the window and blew the damn windshield out of the car. The Installer came to fix it and guess what he asked me??? "Hot enough for you today?" My sister had to spend $1,500 to bail me out of jail. Freaking Texas. What kind of a sick demented idiot would want to live here?? Will write later to let you know how the trial goes

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  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
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    Cute :laugh:
  • Thegle
    Thegle Posts: 41 Member
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    Used to live in Kelowna, BC so some of this kind of reminded me of those days...well, except for the cat. :)
  • Mad_Dog_Muscle
    Mad_Dog_Muscle Posts: 1,251 Member
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    Love it!!! Thats why I dont live in Texas anymore! Well not really, but it will always be home!
  • 5n0wbal1
    5n0wbal1 Posts: 429 Member
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    Hello from Malakoff, Texas--completely understand. Ugh. It's actually cooled down the last few days though, meaning the days get up to the 70s and 80s instead of 100+.
  • tmanfromtexas
    tmanfromtexas Posts: 928 Member
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    That was pretty good. HOWEVER, the cat lovers will be here shortly.
  • vtmoon
    vtmoon Posts: 3,436 Member
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    Used to live in Kelowna, BC so some of this kind of reminded me of those days...well, except for the cat. :)

    Kelowna is like 30 degrees max, we are talking 46 levels in Texas :tongue: .
  • DebbieLyn63
    DebbieLyn63 Posts: 2,650 Member
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    Hello from Malakoff, Texas--completely understand. Ugh. It's actually cooled down the last few days though, meaning the days get up to the 70s and 80s instead of 100+.

    Yes, North Texas here. We had a 'cold front' come thru last weekend that brought rain and cooler temps. I don't think it hit 90 all week.Yay!
  • Thegle
    Thegle Posts: 41 Member
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    Wow and at least we had a lake close by to cool off in, but I lived there before AC was in every house and car so the basement was my friend.