We’ve been having exceptionally hot weather around here lately – at least for us. High temperatures have been above normal for the past two weeks. In fact, this past Friday and Saturday, we experienced 90-degree weather. This is status quo for other parts of the U.S., of course, but we’re not used to it around here, and I’m looking forward to some cooler weather. Particularly because the air conditioning unit on my side of the building at work isn’t able to keep up with demand, and I really don’t enjoy working in 80-85 degree heat.

We have no air conditioning at home of course, so we’ve had to make use of our two fans to keep cool, as well as the 500-gallon swimming pool we bought recently. That’s enough water that I have to worry about chlorine and all of that business, but it’s been worth it to beat the heat…