My daily routine includes vitamins the doctors request (B12, D3) and the gastroenterologist suggests daily fiber. I also have simple probiotic. And fruit and vegetables during the day. That mix is ample for normal circumstances, but is put to the test with narcotic painkillers and various other things that all seem to have side effects. Their effect should be dissipating.

The hall bathroom tub is partially filled now because with this heat comes broken water mains; the streets are hot and somehow the pipes shift and break. I have one full kettle, bottles of water, etc. and will fill another kettle next time I pass through the kitchen. It just makes sense to be ready this time of year.

The ex came over and we commiserated on the lack of activities with the heat - after retirement he is sorting and shredding papers but also wants to retrieve things in the uncooled or heated garage, and it's an oven right now. So no work in the garage, slowing the plans for work in the house.

We made it into The Guardian today with the heat and growing populations.

I have an unused pump in the garage, meant for pulling water from the creek at the back of the yard. Perhaps I should take it out of the box and run a hose into the pond back there; trouble is, it's an urban creek and has street runoff that isn't healthy so it can't go on the garden. Maybe parts of the yard around the house to keep the foundation from crumbling. There was a needed pressure gauge (in a cardboard blister pack) to attach to the pump that Cookie chewed up that I have to replace before I could use it. Gotta love that dog and her targeted destruction (particularly odious when she was a puppy).