Even bugs want shade

It’s 5AM and I drag myself out of bed to go to work.  My morning ritual is considerably shorter since I don’t shower.  What’s the point? In less than 4 hours I will be sweating so much that the shower will be but a distant memory.  As I smear myself with sunscreen I develop a new appreciation for those that work in extreme locations.  I’m only on my second day of work in the blistering Arizona desert heat and I can’t imagine how people do this on a daily basis.  The ‘cold’ spell that is coming through means the temperature is 100F at a minimum.  As I drive to work I think this is the first time in my life that I’ve relished the morning hours.  The 5AM to 11AM (maybe noon) time is the best part of the day.  The afternoon is the absolute worst.  My job is to wait until someone has a question or needs me.  So if my day is uneventful that means no one had problems or questions, which in a sense is a good thing.  For my sanity it’s a bad thing.  Extreme temperatures combined with nothing to do give someone a lot of time to just think.  Yesterday as we grabbed a moment’s rest in the shade I noticed the crickets scatter as we walked over.  Then after we had sat down they slowly inched their way back until they were just out of the sunlight.  Out here even the bugs look for shade.