And that's when I started missing the A.C.

Yesterday the temperature reached 86 degrees. In May. In the far North.

I love summer. But the thing is, our little circus lives in an old house with no central air. We have two air conditioning window things and two fans.

And we are so grateful we have those.

But it was HOT.

Last night Newbie wailed and wailed for AN HOUR AND A HALF until I stripped him down and wiped him with a cold cloth. Then he wailed some more. Then I reminded myself that there are people in Texas with babies and they somehow survive. And my mom was one of them. And so was her mom. So somehow, I told myself, we're gonna make it. Then my sanity failed me, and I looked up at the Hubs from a puddle of sweat and tears with pleading eyes. Because he is a hero, he went down to the basement and hauled up the A.C. to stick in our window. I rocked Newbie to sleep in his sauna of a nursery then took it upon myself to drag his glider into our bedroom next to the bassinet. The A.C. filled the room and it was Heaven.

Then I walked out of the bedroom. And I hit a brick wall. The heat was like the black smoke from LOST- relentless, big, and left you wondering what the heck was going on. I went right back into our bedroom and hoped I wouldn't have to put Opie on a bun with ketchup in the morning. It was that hot. Really. I have no idea how we're going to survive the summer if it's only May and we've got temps like this. Me and Newbie are either going to melt away or spend the summer mooching off of Terget's air conditioning. I wonder how they feel about sleepovers at the Terget???

Saturday night, however, the Hubs, the bride-to-be, and I found a way to beat the heat at a little place I like to call My Favorite/You Are Why I Have To Suffocate Myself With Spanx.

That's right. The DQ. And because I have to wear a bridesmaid dress in four weeks, Newbie had his first blizzard.

But then we remembered he can't eat real food yet, so I took one for the team and finished it for him.

So today Newbie and I are recovering from our blizzard binge and trying to avoid evaporating. We're planning on doing a good amount of this:

That is, after I do some intricate Google research and find out what the heck happened on the LOST series finale last night in an effort to regain the millions of hours of my life I have lost watching that stinking show. Jack and a dog and a church with a light? Somebody fill me in...because there was a whole lotta "what the.....?????????" going on around here when it was over. For those of you who have no idea what I'm talking about, just be grateful for all the hours of life you didn't lose watching a bunch of people wander around an island for a billion seasons with polar bears and weirdos dressed in old flour sacks.

The End.