Even the cats are over it
It’s finally here – the angry and sticky Summer of the deep south, and people are slowing down, and time is following suit, and no one is where they say they’ll be when you expect them anymore, however everyone is moving in slo-mo to avoid laboring up more body heat than necessary from the extra exertion; Traffic is slower, checking out at the store is more costly of your time, and even conversations have slowed to a crawl! It’s pretty funny to me how the human species copes with harsh heat.
I feel it’s just an pet condition that we haven’t outgrown with all our extravagant industry and technological advances, however at the end of the morning, you still need to go outside.
There are particular pets that I expect to be affected by the heat, but cats entirely are not one of them… Dogs, of course, get lazy and reliant on loads of cool fresh water when the temperature climbs! You’ll see wild pets like doves and squirrels chilling out lazily or diving into puddles of water for relief on sunshiney mornings… But it’s pretty rare that you’ll see a pet avoiding the sunshine or panting from the heat, you know? For me, that’s the real indicator of a dangerously warm morning. When Garfield is over the sunshine, so am I. I’m loading up with layers of sunscreen, layers of flowing clothing, floppy hats, and sunglasses. And after all that, I’m not going outside unless I actually have to. As far as I’m nervous, there isn’t enough sunscreen in the world to offset the pounding sunshine and angry humidity on those pet mornings of summer.