Summer!

It's almost July! Yay for July! Not yay for halfway through summer...

Summer means FOOD! Or being home means food... which is kind of the same thing. I like being home and rummaging in the spice cabinet and pulling out allspice and coriander. I don't have coriander in Hawaii. Well, Hawaii does, but I don't... anyway.

A side effect of only coming home for the summer (aside from 2 weeks or so at Christmas), is that it's hot. I don't mind when it's hot. 100 degrees is a little much, but I no have little to no tolerance for cold.

It was 106 a little while ago (and windy, which gave it a sandstorm-in-the-Sahara feel), and then went down to 70s... and freezing. It gets cold in Hilo too (usually when it's 60 degrees and raining...), but I figured it was because it's humid and sort of like swimming in 60 degree water at night. Cold.

And speaking of water, 100+ degree days are the ones when you 'accidentally' spray yourself with the hose or 'trip on' the sprinkler.

But when it's 50 degrees at night, I get cold. I don't have a problem with this in December. I just don't like wearing a sweatshirt in June. (Although wearing shorts kind of defeats the purpose of the sweatshirt... that's another Hawaii thing.)

I'm just hoping it's warmer for Independence Day next week.

Happy summer!