HOT HOT HOT! — UFFT #30

A nice view of the lake on a hot, summer day!

Living in South Carolina for many summers has taught me many things, but one lesson stands out amongst the rest: the heat in South Carolina, when coupled with the almost unbearable humidity, is unlike any heat that I have felt anywhere else in the United States. Some days it is so hot that going outside for just a few short minutes leaves you with the thought that you may have just succumbed to heatstroke! Other days, you awake in the early hours of the morning to get in a run or some sort of outdoor activity before the oppressive heat rolls in, just to discover that by 10:00AM the temperature is already scraping around 90 degrees!

I remember one time, back when I was much younger than I am currently, a friend and I were inside his house during one of these ridiculous summer days. It wasn’t just any old summer day in South Carolina, no, it was a day where the heat had broken the 100 degree mark! As fate would have it, this was the day that my friend and I were EXCEPTIONALLY bored and couldn’t find anything fun to do indoors that we hadn’t already tried for a few minutes. That left us with one option left; the one option available to two elementary school kids who had no method of transportation. We had to venture outside.

It’s All in the Little Things

The other day, I was at work, and I was getting everything cleaned up and ready to open, and I found something unexpected. I lifeguard at a neighborhood pool in my area, so to get ready for the day we have to make sure the pool is clean, check all the chemical balances and put on our happy faces, and our sunscreen. I was cleaning around the pool just before opening and stumbled upon a little baby bunny. I was unsure if it was dead or alive, until a coworker came and checked on it. We determined it was still living, and decided to keep the bunny for the rest of the day and nurse it back to health. Needless to say  I was ecstatic. I love anything that has to do with babies or baby animals and this bunny was just soooo adorable! We got to watch it all day and pet its’ soft fur and look at its’ cute little features. All features that God created.