I'm so grateful...

[susandennis]

It actually started a day or two ago and yesterday was a little iffy but today it definitely is... not hot. We are clearly working our way towards cool. Thankyoujesus.

I just don't feel good - physically or mentally - when it is hot. I've lived most of my life where it is way hotter than here. I have no clue how I survived it. I do know that every year I get older, the harder it is to take the heat.

So I want to be extra grateful when it is not hot.

I think I'd like to start walking again. Seeing what's new around the 'hood. Taking more pictures. I think I'll give it a shot once it's cool enough.

My Roomba hasn't been shipped yet. I called again this morning and the woman I talked to confirmed that it hasn't been shipped. Said that that department is running behind and said she would see what she could do to goose them along.

Sheri is supposed to be at the house today. There is an old never-hooked-up security system of two boxes that were hidden in the former closet that is now a window seat. When it was a closet, they were not a problem. Now they are out in the open and ugly. She is supposed to be getting them yanked out today or getting a box mounted to cover them.

I suspect that I will get home to find that neither has been done. The shelf guy was there yesterday made some more snail progress.

Sadly now when I think about the redecorating project, I get all pissed off because of the slow shelf guy and that Sheri has clearly abandoned any plans to ever finish the job. Tonight she will get an email requesting a firm date and cost for every remaining item and a finish date for the entire project. I want my keys back. I want my house back. I want to enjoy what has been done and not resent what hasn't.

My friend, John, keeps asking when it will be done so he can come visit (from LA). I keep telling him soon. He now believes I am blowing him off totally.

The job market sure seems to be hopping right now. I have edited two friends' resumes in the past week. They are pulling them out and polishing them up and setting them free... It's not 1999 yet but some of the people looking to hire are beginning to sound just a bit desperate. And there is a new world of stealth start ups around here. People are no longer making a big splash about what they are going to do, they are just gathering some folks and making it happen and then splashing.

I so love that I was picked to live in this particular era. I would have sucked at living in the days before indoor plumbing.