Into hell

Forget the doldrums... this is hell!

This is the hottest July we have had in at least a year.  HAH!  Actually, it's hotter than it's been for a few years.

It was 111 on Friday when we were out running our errands.  101 yesterday.

My seasonal depression has deepened a bit.  I bet it's due to lack of sunlight, and breathing processed air most of the time.

It actually physically hurt to be outside on Friday.

One thing that seems to be helping my blues a bit is the new Alexa device has access to a "skill" called "sounds for sleep."

One of the sounds is a loop of crickets and katy dids singing.

It reminds me of summer nights when I was a kid, and the windows had to be open because we didn't have air conditioning.

I haven't heard katy dids since I left Illinois, and I miss them.  I've seen a couple of them down here, but they don't sing in the night by the hundreds like they do up north.

Anyway, that sound loop has really been soothing me at night, and I love falling asleep to it.

We got our loan check to the bank on Monday after work before they closed, and started paying off our credit cards this past week.

The first loan payment is due next week, and I can pay it on line.

Phew!!  SO glad that's taken care of.

We hired that lawn crew to come every week for the heat of summer (or until the grass goes dormant, which it should soon, with this heat). 

Another aspect of my seasonal depression is lack of exercise.  I actually LOVE mowing the lawn with our reel mower, and now it's way too hot for me to do it.

I also can't take my walks when it's even too hot to go across the street (equivalent to walking about a block outside) to the indoor walking track at the hospital.

All I have is what I can do inside my house, and that gets very tedious.

I did sign up for an on line yoga course, though, and am still going to dance classes.  The second yoga lesson came today, so I will do it this afternoon.

We had some friends over last night, and that was good.  We played a fun game, and laughed. 

Our quiet day last week was such a success that we decided to do it every Sunday.  It helped me to NOT see political posts and negative stuff on line for a day.

New news, no social media.... nice!