Not Today

I have opted for no foot photo today, as it looks much the same as it did yesterday, and I am feeling a bit better. I may even attempt to walk down the stairs tomorrow.

I am waiting for a thunderstorm. I have been waiting. "They", the wether center, have been forecasting one for the last three days. They suck. We haven't seen drop one of rain... no cooling winds... no scary rumbles of thunder... I am pretty much convinced that the weather center here has a dart board with little pictures on it in lieu of a satellite link. There is no other way they could be so wrong, so often.
It has been humid and nasty out. Being from the desert, I can't fairly call it "hot", but when it gets up to 95 degrees on my patio, and the humidity is about 50%, I do tend to bitch and moan a bit. Europe does prove interesting, though. Two summers ago, we had a record breaking heat wave- was getting into the 90s daily. The French were dropping dead, the Spanish took to the streets to play in fountains, and the Germans were hosing down the cooling towers of the nuclear plant, so it wouldn't blow up.
Too bad they didn't think to start believing in central A/C here. We not only don't have it here, but we are not authorized to go out and get an A/C unit for our house. We have to get a note from a doctor saying we need it, then we have to foot the bill for it. The units run around 400 euros, too. Not cheap, and it seems to be a commonplace theme in Germany.

When we went to buy our car here, the sales people looked at us funny. In Germany, we Americans are considered to be spoiled when it comes to cars. Only the very top of the line cars have air conditioning. Even the POS models at home have it... From the lowly 3 cylinder japanese rice runners to the top of the line luxury sedans, you will find A/C to be standard on 98% of all makes and models sold in the USA.

So yeah, I a spoiled rotten American. I can deal with that... It's not like I am hard to please. I just want to not sweat my ass off all summer long. Is that so much to ask?!