OLD WEATHER DAYS
The next event in my life began to take place when I was 7 years old. I always had a great time with the neighbor kids on the streets. In the 50’s there were not that many cars in town, especially at that time of the day. We would play at night after supper like from 8:30 pm until 11:00 pm when all parents began telling everybody that it was time to go to bed.
Back then in Aguascalientes City, the weather was nice, like 75 ° F max. Everybody had to have blankets every night because temperature would drop to like in low 40’s. I remember attending a Catholic school and having to wear all year, a uniform which included a sweater. All privet schools had their own uniforms. The only time when we would sweat was when we played full court basketball. Nobody had an air condition or heaters. We just added more blankets in the wintertime and wore a heavy jacket. No heaters in schools either. The temperature back then would drop to like the coldest 28° F. I have not gotten used to the hot weather yet. But now that there are more factories, more population, more cars, more pavement, etc. the temperature has gone up. Things have really changed.
I grew up thinking that the only places where it was hot in the world was in Brazil and Africa because that was what I saw in the movies. But when I move to the States I lived in Laredo, TX. This city is only 472 feet see level. Hot and humid. Water coolers do not work at all there. You have to have air condition if you want to be comfortable. Then I moved to Waukesha, Wisconsin in July 1966. I has a hard time breading for the high humidity that I was not used to. But After while I got used to it. Oh!!! But then I experienced my first winter with temperatures down to -20 °F it was cold, but I enjoyed it. When I was a student at the Bible School up on the hill on 915 N Hartwell I had 3 roommates who would always wanted to have the room really warm, especially at night. I always managed to leave a crack on the window by my head to get fresh air. Even today. I love winters more than summers.
