I live in LA. It's currently hot here in LA, although the
high temperature has gone down a few degrees since Monday. More is anticipated, though.
Living
here, we hear a lot about terrible weather people experience in other parts of
the country, but Southern California weather
tends to be nice and bland.
Which isn't
good these days since we're getting almost no rain. And now we're breaking some heat records.
Fortunately,
there's air conditioning. There are also
power outages that result from this kind of weather and the use of air
conditioning. I was to meet a friend for
lunch yesterday in a shopping area in the middle of the canyon road Beverly
Glen, but I heard early about a power outage that was making traffic even more
unbearable than usual in that area. I
called her, and we changed the day.
And then
there are my dogs. We keep them trimmed,
but they still have fur coats. Lexie's
favorite spots in the house these days are on tile bathroom floors, or, better
yet for her, lying just in front of the spewing air conditioner vent.
So how does
this affect my writing? Fortunately, I'm
generally still able to sit and plot and write, while keeping my home
comfortably cool. Of course I waited
till much later to run the dishwasher the other day than I would have
otherwise, to do my part for the Flex Alert that asks people to use power as
much as possible outside peak usage times.
Oh, and yes, even before the drought I made sure to pack as much stuff
as possible in my dishwasher to conserve at least some water.
I always
sympathize with people who are having to live with weather that's not much
fun. Some can get a whole lot worse
than heat, of course.
But I still
look forward to when we cool off!
