123 °F

It’s true! Right now it’s about 112 °F, but when I looked at our neighborhood weather station online report for the past 24 hours it showed the maximum temperature was 123 °F. It probably only reached that temperature for a few minutes when the sun was at its highest point of the day. It’s also possible that it was yesterday when it reached 123 °F. Thankfully it was not sustained! (if you look at the report on any day but today you will not see the same numbers that I saw)

Norm and I went grocery shopping earlier at the Wal-Mart supercenter. We were probably in there for an hour and I was freezing from the air conditioning so I went outside to thaw out while Norm waited through the checkout line. (Note to self: don’t go shopping on Saturdays — everybody does.) Anyhow, I found a shady spot right outside the door. Dozens of people were coming and going during the 15 minutes that I sat there, but two different women decided that I might need help. One of them asked if I was roasting and the other one asked if I might need help getting into the store. It’s good to know there are still kind people in the world who take notice of others. I was just fine and I let them know it and I also thank them for their concern for my well-being.