And that's OK with me. I do see signs of Christmas though, in the form of careless drivers, speeders, red light and stop sign runners, distracted drivers, and so forth. Road rage here and there. I'm avoiding most of this seasonal stuff to the extent I can. What makes it look not a lot like Christmas are the record high temps. I want rain for Christmas. But I'm more likely to get a face full of blowing dirt.
We have a string of record highs coming up. Tomorrow will be the first in that series. We might have a record high for Christmas. The usual pattern of bone-chilling cold just before or just after Christmas might be off the table this year. It has been a strange year in many ways. 2026 will be even stranger. I'm sure of that.
Maybe record heat soon. Could be a hot Christmas. Or at least warmer than normal by a large margin. I find this weather salubrious, to say the least, being such a hater of winter weather. BUT, it is very, very, dry, and that is NOT good! Unfortunately, any precipitation we receive at this time of year is likely to be in the form of snow, sleet, freezing rain. I can do without that stuff, dry or not.
I did that several days ago. It's been so long since I've had the flu, or even a cold, I can't recall the last time. Was it maybe 2016. Maybe 2006? Not in the last eight years, certainly. I'm not afraid of vaccines. I keep expecting to see Polio make a comeback. I had all the Polio vaccines in my childhood, as they became available. Very nice weather continues, with highs much above normal for the season. Too dry though. Someone gifted me with a fruitcake and how good it is. I was not expecting that. A gift from family. The best kind. We might have some record high temps before Christmas but I'm worried about what might follow. Sooner or later, one of those stupid winter things will probably strike. So far they've been scooting off to the east and staying well north.
