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Living in Florida, I don't know if 100+ temperatures for three straight months qualifies as a heat wave -- here they just call it "weather" -- but here goes nothing.

Top Five Things I Like About Hot Weather

(1) Paddling in the pool. Not piddling . . . paddling.

(2) G&T's. With extra lime.

(3) Ice cream isn't an indulgence, it's a necessity (also one of the few things I liked about pregnancy).

(4) If I had a boat, I could go boating.

(5) I can sing, "We're having a heat wave . . . a tropical heat wave," without being ironic.

Top Five Things I Hate About Hot Weather

(1) Walking from Target to my car nearly causes me to pass out from heat exhaustion.

(2) Our monthly power bill is roughly equal to the annual budget of a small industrialized country.

(3) The tacky, gummy sensation of sunscreen residue.

(4) Trying to explain to a toddler determined on backyard water fun that he can not hose down mommy, because mommies can melt just like the Wicked Witch from the West.

(5) Heat rash.

Posted 28 July 2005 at 07:49 PM