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Heat wave, day 2
Jun. 27th, 2015 10:23 pmToday was miserably hot. I need to acquire some sort of shade for the sliding glass door on the west side of the house, some stopgap until the scarlet oak is big enough to do the job. D's computer is just inside that door, and he wants to use it. Also I need a U/V screen to protect Ajani's little pink ears, since he likes to bask in that spot.
It wasn't so much the blast of heat that hit me every time I opened the front door, it was the infernal brightness that went with it. I was pretty sensitive to noise, too. I told J. we could get dinner at McMenamin's so he could try the raspberry-ale shake he wanted, as long as he was willing to wait until the sun had mostly gone down. Sure enough, about 8 p.m. I felt fine. We sat outside at the restaurant, although it was still plenty warm, but I was comfortable enough, and there was a breeze on the grape vines on the fence, and the clouds overhead turned pink, a sharp contrast to the silver-white moon. And I had a delicious burger.
I did get a fair amount of work done today, since I was pretty motivated to stay in my dim, cool bedroom-slash-cave, on the computer. Now I think I'll start another Lord Peter Wimsey book, maybe on J's front porch if there's enough light.
It wasn't so much the blast of heat that hit me every time I opened the front door, it was the infernal brightness that went with it. I was pretty sensitive to noise, too. I told J. we could get dinner at McMenamin's so he could try the raspberry-ale shake he wanted, as long as he was willing to wait until the sun had mostly gone down. Sure enough, about 8 p.m. I felt fine. We sat outside at the restaurant, although it was still plenty warm, but I was comfortable enough, and there was a breeze on the grape vines on the fence, and the clouds overhead turned pink, a sharp contrast to the silver-white moon. And I had a delicious burger.
I did get a fair amount of work done today, since I was pretty motivated to stay in my dim, cool bedroom-slash-cave, on the computer. Now I think I'll start another Lord Peter Wimsey book, maybe on J's front porch if there's enough light.