Today's forecast for Weilerbach, Germany: HOT.

Tomorrow's forecast: EVEN HOTTER.

Next week's forecast: DAMN HOT.

Seriously, this is what I get when I search Yahoo for our weather forecast here in Germany. The temperature has finally climbed into the lower 90's, which makes for excellent swimming at the pool every day and oh-so-miserable sleep at night. I'm sure all you folks in south Georgia are screaming at me right now, probably something like "WE WOULD SELL OUR SOULS FOR 90 DEGREE WEATHER!" But you must keep in mind that we don't have air conditioning here in Germany, so when it's 90 degrees outside, it's at least 85 inside my house. And the stores where we shop. And the restaurants where we eat. Sometimes I feel like I'm living inside a huge crockpot and slowly cooking from the inside-out. Last night we all decided to sleep in our basement apartment, which is about 10 degrees cooler than our house. It was the best night of sleep I've gotten in weeks. If I had a working TV down there, I'd just move in permanently.

I guess some people are never happy. In January it was too cold; in July it's too hot. As my daddy would say, "I'd probably complain if they hung me with a new rope." Hey, in all fairness, I'd complain if they hung me with an old rope, too. Wouldn't you?