Going for the Record

The news today is the record heat. Triple digits and the hot wind blowing. The electric company is suggesting conserving between 3:00 and 7:00 p.m. I raised the thermostat to 76, turned on the fans and turned off the lights. I'll do whatever it takes to keep from having brown outs...we would all be in dire straits without any electricity.
There also seems to be a record amount of important rulings coming down this week from the Supreme Court as the session ends. Arizona's 1070 was found to be unconstitutional on all provisions EXCEPT the "papers please" provision. Pretty big victory for the administration. Scalia came across as purely political in excoriating the President. But Chief Justice Roberts sided with the liberals on Arizona. Still ahead...the ruling on health care reform and the stolen valor case.
This morning, while it was still possible for humans to survive outdoors, I high-tailed it over to see Good Old Gail and get my teeth cleaned. Gail can talk more than anyone else I know and all I have to say is "uhhhh, huh." She is a great conversationalist and one night when Jean and I met her for dinner, I learned that you don't have to talk even if you don't have both her hands and a suction instrument in your mouth.
On my way home, I stopped to visit the marketing genius at Chico's who sends me a $10 off coupon as a birthday greeting every year. They were having the orange bag sale, so combined with my coupons, I picked up some bargains. Now that I don't want to wear shorts, I find that Chico's cropped pants are a good substitute. They had the ones you can wash and wear marked down. I bought two pairs which should take me through the rest of the summer. There was also an animal print long skirt I've looked at before, that was marked down...it will make the basis of a good back to work outfit. Mission accomplished.
This afternoon I got two texts from B. In the first one she sent a picture of Tyler getting his first haircut. He's sitting in the chair with no shirt on, looking like a little pudgy doll and gnawing on a comb, but still as a mouse as the stylist works. The next text had a video of him crawling! He must have just started today, but he looked like he has it down. He's eight months old and has stayed a "baby" for a good long time. Once they get mobility of any description, your baby starts growing up on you. He'll be into everything now! Sloan probably won't like it when he starts to interfere with her things.
I feel so much better today than I have for almost a week. Yesterday evening and last night I had fever. I was chilled and achy and just felt baaad. I was awake off and on all night, but about 3:00 the fever broke and when I got up this morning I could breath better than I have for days. I still spent the entire afternoon on the sofa. I just ventured out to water the potted plants and I know I'm not 100% yet. I'm consuming record amounts of peach tea and there is half a cold watermelon in the fridge. It may feel like 106, but we'll survive.