Happy Friday?

Still here! Lately I have often not been feeling energetic enough to sit at the computer or thinking clearly enough to write anything, though I thought that might be improving recently as I had started getting better about going to bed early. But then

...RECORD MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE AND RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE
SET AT WASHINGTON NATIONAL DC...

A RECORD MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 102 DEGREES WAS TIED AT WASHINGTON
NATIONAL DC YESTERDAY. THIS TIES THE OLD RECORD OF 102 SET IN 1874.
THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 102 DEGREES ALSO TIED THE RECORD FOR THE
WARMEST TEMPERATURE IN JUNE AND FOR THE EARLIEST OCCURRENCE OF 102
DEGREES OR HIGHER IN A CALENDAR YEAR.

A RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 79 DEGREES WAS ALSO SET AT
WASHINGTON NATIONAL DC YESTERDAY...BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 77
DEGREES SET IN 2008.

Ahem. Sorry, the ALL-CAPS message comes from weather.gov, though I tend to think that the fact that so many records were broken or tied justifies the caps. Never fear: while I still haven't gotten my window unit air-conditioner installed in my room for the summer, I did have sense enough to get myself to a public library branch for a few hours of coolness yesterday. And then, well, I was less sensible and walked next to a busy highway in the oven-like heat till I got to my favorite farmer's market, where I came to my senses enough to go directly to the jug of free ice water and drink three cups before doing anything else.

After rehydrating a bit, I went to buy two boxes of the blueberries that were calling my name. And then I went to visit with a couple of vendors, one of whom immediately bought me some cold lemonade and told me to sit down in the shade. Heh. It's good to know there are people looking out for me! So I spent the hottest part of the day hanging out in a parking lot, listening and talking and refilling my cup with water a few more times. I came home after sunset, when the wind was picking up and the temperature was noticeably cooler (though not, I must say, cool), and I enjoyed a cool dinner of fresh salad with blueberries for dessert. Somehow I even managed to sleep.

My regularly-scheduled migraine started yesterday evening, but I'm happy to say it hasn't hit me too hard yet. Dare I hope that this will be a relatively mild one? Maybe eating lots & lots of blueberries will help?

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There was some light thunderstorm activity last night, but not enough to keep the ground from being anything but dry. I'm tired of breathing dust. Tonight as I was trying to read in bed, I was distracted by the smell of smoke, which eventually got my attention enough for me to go around looking for anything that might be burning. Thinking of the fires we had in the area back in February, I looked outside... and you know what? Fireflies look too damn much like sparks for my comfort. Anyway, after walking around the block wondering where the smoke was coming from, I came home as clueless as I'd been when I left. Fortunately for the neighborhood, the smoke's dissipated enough by now to make breathing easier. I'd still feel better if I had a good idea where it came from.

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In other news, my AM/FM/Longwave/Shortwave radio has decided to start working again. Somehow I had forgotten just how silly the censored version of NIN's "Closer" sounds.

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Thanks to mild migraine + heat, I have no idea how coherent this entry is. This must be bedtime, but I'm not ready for it at all.