A/C tech appointment delayed until Friday morning so he can finish a job he started today that is taking longer than expected. A coroner's report issued this week says that a 38-year-old former Dallas Cowboys football player died recently of heat stroke. He was in top condition but evidently still managed to get too much heat and not get medical attention. He was found during a "welfare check." There will be a lot of those discoveries this summer. Alas. There is a Wunderground (Weather app) calendar for July with forecasts going as far out as July 27, and every day is in the 102-104 range; after that it simply shows the "average" temperature of 97^o. We'd feel much better if it was just at the average.

I have the shower set up on my patio in the back yard and am going to start using it after sunset. The back area is totally private from views from neighbor houses and with the lights off in my house. It's liberating to shower outdoors, and one way to reclaim some pleasure in being outside in this otherwise awful time of year. it's just a shower head and hose that connects to the backyard hose, and the temperature in the lines has warmed enough that it's comfortable. What activities do you save for just doing in the summer? Lurkers?