Hot Hot Hot
June 21, 2008
The thermometer has soared around here lately. We have quite a streak going of 100+ degree temperatures. A couple of days, we even got to 110 degrees. Luckily, its a dry heat.
I say that partly in jest, but it does make a world of difference. I will take 110 degrees with about 0% humidity over 90 degrees and 70% humidity any day. I have lived in Michigan, which had a fair amount of humidity, and Dallas, TX which has unbearable humidity in the Summer. You do get used to it, but once you get away from it, you realize how bad you had it.
We are quickly approaching our monsoon season which brings with it humidity and afternoon rains. Luckily, it also brings the temperature down. Folks in Tucson have been running their air conditioning since April. We just turned ours on last weekend. Even with 90+ degrees we have had a nice breeze which kept the house relatively cool.
Today was the memorial service for the son of the President of Sean’s baseball league. It was attended by many people. It was held early in the morning at 9:00. Still, two people passed out from the heat.
I have shifted from evening workouts to morning workout because of the heat. Its just hot in the garage to workout when I get home from work. If I wait for it to cool down a bit, I just never seem to make it out there. The morning workout is much nicer except for trying to wake up at 5 AM or so for it. The weekends are a bit better since I can sleep in a bit.
The weather guys say there won’t be relief from the heat until monsoon does get here. That should be in the next couple weeks. Every time I think its hot here though, I just think about Phoenix which is usually another 5 to 10 degrees hotter than Tucson. Luckily, we are 10 degrees cooler than Tucson.
Baseball Season Comes To A Close
June 17, 2008
Well, its been a good, long, hard ride, but Sean’s baseball season has come to a close. The boys had a great year, finishing the season with a very nice record of 15 – 2. If you ask the kids, they will say it was 15 – 1 since they don’t count the loss to the State traveling team, but I do.
They were supposed to have had one last game on Friday, but neither team could come up with enough players, so the game was canceled. With school out and what not, a lot of families have already gone on some Summer vacations.
They do have the State tournament coming up at the end of the month, but unfortunately, Sean and the rest of the team will not be able to participate. The state moved their tournament up a week, so all the local tournaments are also moved up a week. Several of the boys, including Sean, will be out of town the week the tournament starts which leaves the team short of the required 9 players. We will be attending a family reunion. While Sean would have loved to compete in the tournament, I think he is happy to put the season behind him and would rather visit his cousins that he doesn’t get to see enough.
The team officially concluded its season tonight with a big pool party. The boys had lots of fun and got to go crazy. After their rough opening season loss by a score of 7 – 0, the season looked long. They turned it around quickly and definitely earned the pool party tonight.
We did receive some sad news this past weekend. The son of the President of our baseball association was killed in a car accident. He was only 19 years old and playing football for Eastern Arizona University. He was also involved very much with our kids football program, serving as an assistant coach on Sean’s football team two years ago. He even umpired a few games of baseball this past season. We will be attending a memorial for him this coming Saturday.
Now, we get get ready for football season. I think Sean is still planning on moving up an age group above his so that he can play with his friends if the league will let him play up a year. He has a late birthday, which puts him in a younger age bracket. Practice starts in August.
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