More Hot

Unbelievably hot here today. We sat around on the "terrace" (i.e. our driveway, where we've set up a kid pool, some furniture, and a big umbrella. We watched the thermometer like idiots as the numbers climbed into the upper 90s, 100s, then got smart and left for the lake, where it was easily twenty degrees cooler. It's 85 degrees outside our front door right now with a nice breeze.

Tim O'*&%ing-Shea didn't bring his sweaty arse to the 'hood today to tidy his slum: $750 and counting.

Drive report for the weekend:

• Saturday: no trips, so no miles. Walked up Beacon Hill to Galaxie with Elliott on my back and a tired, smelly dog beside me;
• Today: two trips, about 15 miles. West Seattle Farmers Market this morning (biggest haul of the summer, had to go back to the bank for more money after two laps around the market), combined that trip with a dog/cat supply run. This evening's impromptu trip to the lake (by way of the grocery for a picnic dinner) was short and worth it.

Tomorrow I will begin in earnest doing absolutely nothing. I'll try at least to be organized about it.