Waiting for the Monsoon

First of all, it is not a monsoon. They just call it a monsoon. It's a Tucson thing. The monsoon is thunderstorms.
That having been said, waiting for it -- or them -- is a drag. It's too hot to go outside. Everyone with sense has gone away, already. Even the rattlesnakes take cover at noon. I've got cabin fever. Bao's got cabin fever.
Talk to me, somebody!