bleh - mondays

[rivendellrose]

Why are weekends so short?

Looks like I'm going to be taking a trip to Arizona in a few months, to meet The Boy's mom. I'm really excited, but at the same time I can't decide whether I'm more nervous about meeting his mom... or about spending time in Arizona in June or July. o_O I have a hard enough time with heat in Seattle. I understand that it is a dry heat, though, and theoretically that will make a big difference? I hope?

It'll be really fun, really it will. It still means I'm going to be doing a small amount of panicking and shopping for heat-friendly clothes and so on. While still trying to look like a good girl to take home to mom. Wheee. ;)

In other news, does anybody know anything about gardening in boxes on balconies? We're going to try to build a box-garden over the next few months, and I realized that neither of us really know a damned thing about it. I mean, I've had gardens before... but always in the ground, you know? Kind of a different thing.

Lastly - it is totally unfair that the Fandom Wank headline "Ye Olde Time Travelling Urinal Wanke" is not about Doctor Who. Can't you just see it? ♥

Comments

[stormkpr.livejournal.com]

I've been in Arizona in June/July before. It's definitely a dry, intense heat. It's manageable but very hot. You might want to bring a jacket or sweater though because many restaurants, malls, etc (any indoor business, really) are very over-air conditioned. So you go from an oven to the refrig very quickly.

Bring a purse or tote bag that allows you to carry a water bottle inside it.

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's a good point about the A/C, thank you! And a great idea about the purse, too - I'll have to remember to pack my nice big purse. :)

[darthparadox.livejournal.com]

When Sora and I were in Vegas (first week of July; 115-degree heat, no humidity), we bought one of those water bottles with the freezable ice core. That was nice.

I also made a habit of wetting down my hair whenever I was going to be outside for more than 30 seconds. The water didn't last long before it evaporated, but it was nice while it lasted. (May not work so well with longer hair, though, particularly if you remotely care how it looks afterwards.)