Not much of an update

Been sleep-deprived and achy in the heat, so I haven't been up to doing much for the past few days. I haven't read LJ or Dw since... hmm, it may have been Saturday morning [Edit: No, it can't have been later than Friday]. So it'll be a while before I can catch up, if I do. I may not be saying much, but I don't love you any less!

In good news, I have a small window air conditioner in my room now. It's going to raise electricity costs more than I really want to pay; but if the rest of the summer is going to be as bad as June, some kind of cooling is a medical necessity.

In other good news, I hope to be able to make it to a farmers market today. Of course it'll be about a hundred degrees Fahrenheit with chance of thunderstorms, but farmers today should have cherries, cherry tomatoes, apricots, plums, blackberries, and other good things. I might have to economize this summer (especially since Metro is raising fares by some ridiculous amount), but I'm not giving up fresh cherry tomatoes.

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Something good: Discovered that I actually do own a pair of shorts that still fits after my weight gain two years ago. I hadn't bothered to buy shorts to fit my new size because I had hoped to lose the weight once I stopped taking the medication that had caused it, plus I don't wear shorts all that often anyway and there are other things to spend my limited money on. But, as I said, there's one pair of elastic-waisted shorts that I can wear, which was a good thing indeed on a day when the temperature hit a rather unpleasant 100 degrees (about 38° C).

Of course I also rediscovered reasons why I never did like wearing shorts much, like the fact that more exposed skin means that mosquitoes have more skin to attack, or the fact that dust and pebbles you kick up when you're walking are irritating when they hit your bare legs. Oh well.

Anyway, I did get out for a while today, mostly to go to a farmers market. Got there early enough to buy the three things I wanted most: blackberries, cherry tomatoes, and apricots! I'd realized before I left the house that I had enough quarters and dimes scattered around my room to add about six dollars to my total, which was good because there was absolutely no way I was going to overexert myself walking to the bank to get cash before traveling to the market. (Sure, I could have taken the bus to the bank--but standing at a bus stop any longer than I have to is a bad idea on a day like today. Passing out has never been my idea of fun.)

Now that I think about it, I probably walked about two and a half miles today anyway. Don't worry, I am drinking plenty of fluids...

There was more I wanted to say, but my brain cells are fizzling, or possibly sizzling. It does smell like there's meat cooking in here, even though my supper was tofu and vegetables. It's possible that the air conditioner isn't working quite as well as it should.

Oh, one cool thing at the farmers market: One of the farmers had a little battery-powered fan with a squirt bottle in it, so she could squirt water on her face and then aim the fan at herself. (She was making noises of great pleasure when the cool air blew her way, then said, "You know, that sounds kind of like... um, maybe I should just stay quiet." Then she grinned.) It was a neat little gadget, and one that more vendors probably should have been using today.

It's sad that tomorrow's predicted high of ninety degrees sounds positively pleasant, but it does. A cooler cold front would be appreciated, but around here we'll take what we can get.