Hot, Hot, Hot

It's hardly original to complain about the weather, but this heat is pretty tough to ignore too. It was roughly in the high 90s today and that's been pretty near par for the course this summer. We do not have central air conditioning, but we do have a window unit in our bedroom and a relatively cool basement to retreat to when we're feeling overheated. I'm really more concerned about the animals. Terra the hamster tends to do pretty well as her ancestors came from the desert. (She did, however, give us a brief scare when she was resting outside of her cage earlier today.) The bunnies, however, just aren't built for this weather. To help them cool off, we mist them with a spray bottle of cold water, give them a bottle of ice, and keep the kitchen fan on for them. We even tried bringing them up to the bathroom today and putting a little cold water in the tub so they could splash around if they decided too. They didn't seem to care for it, but we did get to shop them how to hop down the stairs afterwards. We also try to brush them frequently, though that's harder than it sounds. Their fur is very light and fine and they shed a lot this time of year, making it tough to get anywhere close to everything with any kind of brush we've tried. Plus, neither of them will usually sit for it; the scars I have from Blitz's struggling last time we held her down for grooming are still faintly visible.

Aside from the heat, I'm doing OK. It does, however, seem like a lot of stuff is coming up all at the same time. I might, in theory, be able to deal with it separately, but piled up together, it's a bit much. You know what they say: when it rains, you get wet.

Oh, I should definitely mention that Jon graced us with both his presence and his famous souffle omlettes this morning. The heat and humidity made things a little complicated, but they were still delicious and definitely on my list of top omlettes. After breakfast, we watched a trailer DVD I had received with my copy of Nintendo Power with previews of all kinds of games. Andrew is starting to find the Nintendo DS very tempting.

Hope you're all staying cool.