Summer's End???

When I wake up tomorrow morning, September 1st, I feel like it should be cool outside...I live near Phoenix so I know that won't be the case. But for me...I just think September means the end of summer. I'm ready for that late rising sun and those cool mornings, and by cool I mean 70 degrees. Don't get me wrong...summer has its place...family vacations....swimming...suntans...watermelon.....high a/c bills....but I feel that summer's place is between the end of May and the end of August. Now it's time for fall. Here in Phoenix fall doesn't last very long. Last year I was in the shower when it happened and by the time I was dressed it was gone. Don't let that happen to you. Some places brag about their 4 seasons....but I've become accustomed to the way the seasons roll here in the valley of the sun. We have the extreme heat of the summer followed immediatley by winter (I use the term winter loosely)...by winter I mean 55-74 degrees. That's the time when we can pull out and dust off those boxes of socks and sweaters. I'm ready for that. However...at the risk of contradicting myself, today, while being sedentary in my home (Sunday afternoon nap)...I felt chilled so I took my dogs and went outside to sit in the sun and warm up. Sometimes that heat does come in handy. Like when you go to a grocery store or restaurant in Phoenix in the summer. They for some reason feel the need to crank the a/c in those places down to a blustery 47degrees. By the time I leave I just love to feel that blast of hot air hit me in the face on the way out. Yes....I'm an Arizona girl alright, and now I'm ready for an Arizona winter...come on September...be good to us.