Still jumping through hoops for the library card renewal. One more attempt later today (after a parcel was delivered for me at my ex's house. Not everyone who has a library card owns the house where they live, but they need to show they get deliveries or mail there.) Since I did the math and realized Pepper is nine now I'm giving her the glucosamine supplement Zeke gets. No point in ordering something I don't need just to get the package label, and both of our names are on the label. Pro tip: if you send a package to someone else and want to know that it has arrived with the photo of the delivery, put your name on the package also.

The thermometer is creeping up every day. Just as winter 2021 was fiercely cold, this summer is dreadfully hot (though the cold lasted for under a week; we're going on two months for the excess heat.) In my attempt to use less water I'm going to start showering at the gym (I usually just change and shower at home at the end of the day.) When I wash my hair it takes a bit longer so there will be a water savings. Driving there means burning gas, but I'll make several stops to be an efficient run.

More stuff in the trash this week, and thinning out stuff brought home from the knee surgeries. I don't need duplicates of the device they want you to blow into to test your breathing or all of the huge ace bandages. I already gave away the first set of ice packs (the 2020 surgery) but last week an "ah ha!" moment, realizing I could use the large ice packs in my grocery cooler, so they're in the freezer awaiting any shopping trip. (I used to have a Mudcat Memorial large blue ice pack in the freezer that Amos Jessup left behind when he and the family spent the night on the drive from California to North Carolina, but I gifted it to someone else so it has moved on. I don't remember if it was to Joe Offer or someone else.)