July 21, 2009
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It rained this morning. This is the first rain that’s hit my lawn for this year’s monsoon season. Yeah, AZ has a monsoon season. I didn’t know that either, until I moved out here. It’s basically about mid-June through early September and it’s when we see the wicked high humidity (50%!! And sometimes more!), a lack of wind and those awful high temps. It’s usually still sunny but without that breeze we have the rest of the year and with that high humidity (yes, I know, some of you live in places with much higher humidity – but now take that humidity and make it 112F or so – then we will compare temperature bitching) — it’s just brutal.
Sadly, since it rained this morning, we did NOT go to the dog park and Joshua did not take the dogs on Monday while I was in bootcamp. So we took a short 20 minute walk this evening (it was down to 102F by 1830 so it wasn’t too bad). This took a bit of the edge off of the puppers – but not enough. Here’s hoping it doesn’t rain tomorrow since I have bootcamp (a new camp with new people, a new trainer and in a new location that I get to try to find at 0500 in the morning!) and since the dogs really need some dog park freedom. And if it rains, I will still go to bootcamp but going to the dog park in the rain is difficult. Mr. Stodgy Butt (also known as INDIANA) does not like to get his ears wet or his butt wet. Getting him to potty in the rain is hard enough! Last time there was raining at the dog park, he tried hiding under a tree and then under a picnic table and then under me…
