Well, it is summer in California again, and I feel as though the sun itself has a personal grudge against the state! Perhaps it seeks revenge on some rogue surfer who flipped it the bird when he fell off his board after the reflection coming off the water blinded him?< p>

I went outside earlier today, to examine my back yard as I am planning on fencing it in and relandscaping it soon. Ten minutes into it, I thought my lungs were going to spontaneously combust from the heavy heat.

I was trying to think of things I could do with my children outside this summer. But, I'm pretty sure that even the animals at the L.A. Zoo will be boycotting any activity that requires more energy then eating in the shade this year. So, it looks like activities are going to be mainly restricted to at night, very early morning, or indoors entirely until around Halloween (When, at least in California, it's as though one of the gods finally decided we've suffered enough for our sins, and cranks up the AC).

But, perhaps I'm just bitter because heat and I have a mutual hate based relationship, and my children have unfortunately inherited my overly sensitive skin (Of all the things I could have given them, right?!). I sincerely hope the rest of the Xombies are looking forward to a much happier, fun-filled, optimistic summer then myself.

Ahhh, it's times like this I think I would have been much better off had I been born in Alaska.