Mood: Coffeeupped
Santana and Rob Thomas are performing “Smooth” in my mental music stream (Trademark classified) as I begin to write. Because it’s gonna be a hot one.
Yesterday, my tiny home weather station said it was 100.0 F at 3:38 PM. The temperature eked up to 101.9 from there, and then began sinking. We were down to 83 F by 9. Despite our home AC outage, we kept cool. Didn’t really heat up in the house until after 7 PM, when it went to 84. That’s cause we’d capture and stored cool AM air. Translation: we opened the doors and windows in the morning, got the house cold, and then close it up and turned on a few fans. It worked, knock on wood.
It’s 77 F now. The projections are that we’ll reach 107 F today. As with yesterday, we have a blue, cloudless sky. When I step into the sun’s heat, I can feel body parts became crisping.
BTW, this is Friday, July 5, 2024.
The breakfast buffet yesterday was delicious as memories of past years predicted it would be. But the parade itself was a little flatter. We were set up in a tree’s shadow along the route, and it was only 79 F at that point. But most participants seemed mildly invested. The parade itself petered out, rather than ended with a flourish. So, meh, a 6 on the parade scale that goes to 11.
“Smooth” has been scuttled. “Along Comes Mary” has replaced it in my morning mental music stream. Tucker, my large black and white floof inspired the song. I’d opened a can to feed Papi, who was quite eager for the moment, chirping and purring about it with big eyes and a tall tail, and wondered, where’s Tucker Cat. Well, he was coming at a casual gait, mumbling something about, “Food, at last,” as he came. So I sang, “Along comes Tucker,” and poof, The Neurons had an Association production going in my head. Song came out in 1966, when I was ten. Have you ever listened to these lyrics? Pay attention, cuz they’re fascinating.
Stay positive, be strong, lean forward, and Vote Blue in 2024. Coffee and I have already greeted each other in the traditional manner. Here’s the music. Cheers
Michael Seidel, writer 
Hi Michael. Not sure I understand. Do you not have A/C? Even poor people where I live in Florida have window units. Best wishes.
Oh hubby and I are arguing over the new Florida room he built with poor sun / heat blocking windows it needs an outside unit that will handle two a/c inside air handlers. The room is nearly 40 foot long with plexiglass windows instead of real ones, plus he put our hot tube out there on one end. No way one air handler will handle it. But not he has to think on it after denying my want for two air handlers all this time. What stopped him was I said OK if you put one in and it doesn’t handle it, then regardless of cost you will replace it with one that has air handlers at each end. Sadly, he has not talked to me for 3 hours. Oh well. Hugs. Scottie
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Yes, our A/C is temporarily out while I wait for a part to arrive. Should be here tomorrow. Sad to hear you two arguing about this, but being part of a couple, I understand. We once ferociously argued about rug grippers and didn’t speak to one another for hours. Hugs ‘n cheers, M
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Hi Michael. He got over it. Once I pointed out the hot tub even covered radiates a lot of heat as the water is around 104, he is reconsidering. The problem is 20 years ago he helped them to be put into Mar-A-Largo. He is not up on the new changes and improvements. He thought to do two air handlers would require two outside units. I showed him how the distances the lines can be run are much greater now. One way or another it will work out. My hubby tends to price shop, often going with something cheaper that is not as good because he wants to save money. Hugs. Scottie
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