ECONOMIC DECLINE OR HEAT OF THE NIGHT
Sometimes when people have endured economic shifts such as the one we have experienced since 2008, it is very difficult to rise above it. It is easy to find someone not connected to the family to blame. Today, however, that changed. Today I feel the blame for the economic down-turn in our economy. I am not sure if it is only our own personal economy or if it merely is the extreme heat in Short Pump, Virginia--indeed Henrico County. Many have had no electricity, no air conditioning in one of the largest heatwaves this area has ever seen. The temperatures tomorrow may signal the end of the extremes in temperature as the forecast for Monday included temperatures in the 80's with a week of rainy days! For the days of temperatures in the 100's, that is literally very cool! We do not have to go back too far to the days when most homes did not have "central air" and schools were not air conditioned. I remember those days. I also remember my dad having a window unit put into the Master Bedroom, upstairs. It was the first air conditioner in our home. So, perhaps, the heat does play a huge role in "being blamed" for an economic crisis. It was the consistent lack of air conditioning in at least one vehicle that started the discussion. I get it, it is not all that great to "sweat" all the way to work. So, suddenly from there the table turns to money. Yes, it takes money to fix the air conditioning in a vehicle. The conversation fades as there does not seem to be a solution. Tomorrow should be the last day of the extremely high temperatures. The air conditioner in the SUV still won't work, but the rains will make it difficult to keep the windows down. It is a vicious circle, in this case, a cycle--an economic short fall. I think it is like the winds of time; one never know which way they will blow!
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