It never really cools down anymore. It's already hot outside when we take our sunrise walk with Dawn. It seems weird when the temperature is already in the high 80's before the sun comes up, but that's the way it is this summer. We see a lot more people when we take these early walks these days. Everyone realizes that this is the only sensible time to run, ride a bicycle, or walk your dog.
The air conditioner runs nonstop now. During the hottest part of the day the system can't even maintain the temperature we set. I keep hoping that nothing breaks. Even a few days without AC in this heat would be miserable. So far, so good. The house is reasonably cool, but the electric bill is very high.
I wish the wrecking crew would hurry up and finish knocking down the house up the street. The demolition noise is getting on my nerves. The noise didn't seem to bother Dawn today though. Maybe Dawn did have a mild seizure yesterday. We'll probably never know for sure. It still bothers me that this nice house is coming down. What is wrong with people that a house that would have been considered luxurious in the 1950's or 60's isn't good enough for them now. When people buy a house in the neighborhood now, they are basically just buying the lot and the location.
After I finished breakfast today, I waited a while before going to the gym. I keep thinking that the place is less crowded around lunchtime, but I may be fooling myself. This heat wave is driving people indoors. There seems to be a lot more people using the gym this week. I guess it makes sense. The management keeps the place really cold. I have to wear a long sleeved shirt when I work out.
UPS delivered a package addressed to an obviously different address to our door this morning. I had to take it to the nearest UPS store because that was a lot easier than calling UPS to pick the package up again. I don't know what is wrong with UPS and Fedex these days. I used to depend on them when my business was active, but Amazon Prime seems much more reliable these days. I try to avoid ordering by mail now because the delivery drivers don't seem to care anymore. I often know a package has arrived when I hear it being thrown on the front porch.
I made an appointment to get a haircut on Friday. Usually haircuts are timed to coincide with a trip, but I have no travel plans for the foreseeable future. I'm just starting to look a bit ratty. I also called the music store to see whether they'd found my missing mixer. Nope. I thought giving them a month to look would be plenty of time, but apparently not. I'll never use this heavy, multi-channel mixing board again, but it was a nice piece of gear. I should have just left it in the storage warehouse instead of consigning it, because it I ever get it back again, it's going right back to storage.
106 degrees today. I wish tomorrow was going to be cooler, but it's going to be like this for the next several weeks.
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