'The Heat is On'

I came home to a heated house this afternoon. Apparently after I had left for work this morning, my thoughtful husband decided to turn on the heat. I think he gets cold after I get up out of bed in the morning, so he thought turning on the heat would be nice. And it IS! I'm loving the fact that we can turn on the heat because it chilly outside. I think it is clear though that we have assimilated to act like normal San Diegan's as far as excitement for weather changes. As soon as the temperatures get below 65 degrees, San Diegan's think it is an excuse to turn on the heat and pull out their scarves and jackets! I'm not going to lie, I do. I guess we don't mind so much turning up the heat since we don't have AC at our house so our electric bills aren't high in the summer. We don't mind spending a few bucks in the semi-fall/winter weather to pretend it is actually colder than it really is. I mean we literally just had the windows open in our house yesterday, and tonight the heat is on!!! It is a nice change from the summer weather we have been having. But, I won't be surprise if tomorrow I have to open back up the windows and put on my shorts and tank top because the temps jumped back to 80. It's amazing what a 15 degree temperature difference can do to peoples fall morale!

I'm actually really excited for the 'rainy season'. The chances of rain here are like the chances of getting hit by lightening. My custodian at school told me a few days ago that he has all the sand bags ready for 'Rainy Season' to put outside my room. He said the entrance right outside my room has poor drainage and it tends to flood and water pools outside my door. (most CA schools are open air layouts with each room having an entrance from the outside. the school is not enclosed within a building.) He says sometimes the water runs into the classroom. But, he assured me he had enough sand bags to lay down when it started to rain, so my room would not flood. Maybe I'm not so excited for the 'rainy season' afterall.