But wait, it's getting hotter. We're expecting 117 degrees (F) by Friday, our near record-breaking number of days over 110 this summer, another expected record-breaker. Having more days over 110 degrees than previous years is not a record we want to keep breaking. The heat isn't making the virus disappear like a miracle. In fact, we seem to be in a blooming phase, our numbers are increasing like the number of fires popping up all around us. It happens in the summertime. I'm still amazed at who is okay with wearing a mask, and who isn't. It seems like the people who should be more worried, are not, and those who should calm down, aren't. There has to be a happy medium someplace, right? Personally, I'm good with the mask. I recently ordered an SPF 50 golf shirt that came with a matching mask, made out of the same SPF material. I figure the sun damage I'm not getting while wearing the mask for a couple of years (we could be doing this for 2 years?) will save me a decade or two of sun damage, out here in the desert where it's over 110 degrees for more days this year than last year. Maybe next year's heatwave will kill it.