The end of the beginning.

I'm just taking a break.  Will post little bits & gristle HERE.  

IRL

It was funny when my stepfather came over to take a look at our decrepit air unit and said, "I don't mean to hurt your feelings, but this thing is OLD."  He's right.  Look at it. (It doesn't help that the landscape around it hasn't been looked after since before we moved in, but in due time.  Please focus!)  It really didn't inspire confidence:



And here is the replacement, keeping everything easy breezy:



Do me a favor and LOOK AT IT.  Because sometimes dropping that much money on a home-improvement project means you really don't have anything to show for it.  I suppose I *could* make visitors hang outdoors for 5 mins. or so before allowing them inside to really appreciate it, but, honestly, there's no way to actually commemorate it.  You WILL admire and appreciate it, damn it!  And we'll do the same when we get new insulation in our attic, too!


Other than A/C dramatics, there's not much to report around here.  Nothing that can't be handled by tw1tter and the new "+" anyway.  I've been shuffling and reorganizing plans, priorities, and desires.  It's not ideal, but it's all well and good.  Hopefully we can get a trip to Colorado in.  And a trip to either Dallax (That's Dallas, TX.  Keep up!), Chicago, or New Orleans.  We will see.


Things will pick up around here.


Treats from Nippon! (Thx, Peeks!)

melted

If you are having difficulty trying to imagine what it is like in our home, well, it's like a sauna. There's no comfortable anything about it. These days, nighttime brings very little relief. The thermometer, at 10:01 p.m. says it is 92 degrees (but feels like 102).


I don't feel like doing anything. No reading, no writing. Just lots of naps in front of a fan that blows warm air. With any luck, all impurities inside of me have been sweated out.


But, the end is in sight! Tomorrow, the installation process begins.


In other better news, our trying the Banana Leaf Indian food truck (It's ACE. It's amazing for food to be that cheap and so delicious!) made me want to learn to make my own mango lassi. Since cooking is absolutely out of the question, I may just have to do it. Should I do it on the day that it is supposed to be 100 degrees out or 102?

4

Technically, it' s not the 4th of July, but I can only get things accomplished when it is night time and the temperature is a breezy 90-something degrees in our house.  Periodically during the day, we'll get a little burst of energy and we try to get things done, but then it's back to laying around, which takes up a good 85% of our time.  And we can't lounge around together, because our arms might touch and ewwwwwwwwww it is TOO HOT/HUMID.  It didn't take much convincing that, yes, we need a new HVAC.  We're scheduled to get an estimate on Tuesday.  We will be getting our front/back door measured for new energy-efficient doors, too.  Things are happening around here as far as home-improvement goes, which, despite this evil heat, is keeping me in good spirits.   I've got good company with ATM and the cat critters, too.


OFF THE CHARTS HOT:



I did some quick research online to see if I was doing wrong by the cats because they are extremely lethargic.  Turns out it's a defense mechanism to overheating, similar to what we do.  Nobody move.



  





So, I had set this particular appointment with my hairdresser three months ago.  It was a standard wash & trim, but when I walked in yesterday, I asked her to cut it off, please.  "Are you sure?!!!" she asked repeatedly.  It wasn't long before everyone who worked at the beauty parlor was asking.  I guess they have to know for certain to avoid a crying, remorseful customer.  After I convinced her that I was serious, she grabbed my hair by the fistfuls and just chopped it off.  I'm pretty sure she enjoyed it.  And I'm pretty sure the heat made me do it.

The result, new look:






Not bad, eh?