I have had my own business for a number of years. Mostly, because I am really awful at working for other people. Just ask my Dad. But that's another post. We'll just call the business decision a choice of necessity. And you know what? I have gotten pretty good at this independent business woman thing.

We knew it was going to happen. In the front of my brain it was inevitable. But in the back of my brain where all my secret desires and my belief that I am immune to the foibles of the real world live, I harbored the faith that my computer would be perfectly immune from the extreme environment where we now live. Alas, it is not so.

We're starting to get into that time of year where cooking becomes a task too onerous to consider. Two days ago, the humidity shot up suddenly, making it feel 10 degrees warmer. It's still comfortable if you keep your activity level low, which for me is usually pretty easy. I am a web developer and spend 80% of my awake time sitting in front of my computer. But even low level activity is guaranteed to bring a good sweat, and going into the kitchen and firing up a couple of burners or the oven is a trip to the second ring of hell.

I have fans! Who knew? Yes, I know this site is read. I have a counter on each article so every visitor can tell how popular each one is. The fact that the counter has anything to count is evidence that people are at least clicking on the articles. But I don't get a lot of comments, so its easy to think my only readers are friends and family.

I love this time of year in Mazatlan. It is just now starting to get truly warm, with the afternoons getting hot enough to make you sweat, promising future mysteries like a tentative, clumsy first kiss. The heat has been enough to drive most of the gringo tourists and snow birds back north. The city has heaved a huge, collective sigh of relief and let its hair down.