
(I hope my friends in Texas will take this in the spirit in which it was intended)
Dear  Diary, 
May 3rd: 
Just moved to North Texas! Now this is a state  that knows how to live!! Beautiful sunny days and warm balmy evenings.  What a place! It is beautiful. I've finally found my home. I love it here.  
June 14th: 
Really heating up. Got to 100 today. Not a problem.  Live in an air-conditioned home, drive an air-conditioned car. What a  pleasure to see the sun everyday like this. I'm turning into a sun  worshiper. 
June 30th: 
Had the backyard landscaped with western  plants today. Lots of cactus and rocks. What a breeze to maintain. No more  mowing the lawn for me. Another scorcher today, but I love it here.  
July 10th: 
The temperature hasn't been below 100 all week. How do  people get used to this kind of heat? At least, it's kind of windy  though. But getting used to the heat is taking longer than I expected.  
July 15th: 
Fell asleep by the community pool. (Got 3rd degree  burns over 60% of my body). Missed 3 days of work. What a dumb thing to  do. I learned my lesson though. Got to respect the ol' sun in a climate like this. 
July 20th: 
I missed Lomita (my cat) sneaking  into the car when I left this morning. By the time I got to the hot car at  noon, Lomita had died and swollen up to the size of a shopping bag, then  popped like a water balloon. 
The car now smells like Kibbles and Shits.  
I learned my lesson though. No more pets in this heat. Good ol' Mr.  Sun strikes again. 
July 25th: 
The wind sucks. It feels like a  giant freaking blow dryer!! And it's hot as hell. The home air-conditioner  is on the fritz and the AC repairman charged $200 just to drive by and  tell me he needed to order parts. 
July 30th: 
Been sleeping  outside on the patio for 3 nights now, $225,000 house and I can't even go  inside. Lomita is the lucky one. Why did I ever come here? 
Aug.  4th: 
It's 115 degrees. Finally got the air-conditioner fixed today. It  cost $500 and gets the temperature down to 85. I hate this stupid state.  
Aug. 8th: 
If another wise ass cracks, 'Hot enough for you today?'  I'm going to strangle him. Damn heat. By the time I get to work, the  radiator is boiling over, my clothes are soaking wet, and I smell like  baked cat!! 
Aug. 9th: 
Tried to run some errands after work. Wore  shorts, and when I sat on the seats in the car, I thought my ass was on  fire. My skin melted to the seat. I lost 2 layers of flesh and all the  hair on the back of my legs and ass . . . Now my car smells like burnt  hair, fried ass , and baked cat. 
Aug 10th: 
The weather report  might as well be a damn recording. Hot and sunny. Hot and sunny. Hot and  sunny. It's been too hot to do shit for 2 damn months and the weatherman  says it might really warm up next week. Doesn't it ever rain in this damn  state? Water rationing will be next, so my $1700 worth of cactus will just  dry up and blow over. Even the cactus can't live in this damn heat.  
Aug. 14th: 
Welcome to HELL! Temperature got to 115 today. Cactus  are dead. Forgot to crack the window and blew the damn windshield out of  the car. The installer came to fix it and guess what he asked me??? "Hot  enough for you today?" 
My sister had to spend $1,500 to bail me out of  jail. Freaking Texas. What kind of a sick demented idiot would want to  live here?? Will write later to let you know how the trial  goes!