Oh Bog, i’s hot

That was returning from a bank run.

Kayak on board, time to go cool off,,,  beginnings of a three day weekend (digging on this aspect of 4-10 hr days. Though pulling 10 hours in this heat kinda blows)

Had a little fun: set up for a seal launch on a berm that was over a foot (I’d say about 18″) above the water, jumped in, sealed up and pushed off!!!   Total submersion!!!  The whole boat went under and the water was up near my ribs before she “Bloop!!”ed back up.  And stable???   Like a rock!!!    Current may have played some havoc there, but what we dont have is CURRENT, right now.  Some, but not a lot, and not where I put in.  Hell, the water level is down 6” from this past Sunday and with weather trends in this area, we aren’t likely to see any serious rain until September.  Scattered showers are our best bet, and they don’t fill rivers. (The trees get first dibs and they are thirsty right now.  You can tell becaus the hardwoods are showing the bottoms of their leaves to the sky.  Old wives tales say its how trees plead for rain.)

One good aspect of this drought:  I don’t have to mow as much, and seeing those temps; don’wanna!!!

Dunno whats all planned for this wknd, just winging it for all I can see.  Da doesn’t want to split wood in this heat (nor do I) and he’s been hiding in the AC during daylight.  I don’t get that option, and haven’t for years.  I’m kinda used to it, and going into a grocery or box store, I freeze.  But then I have to go back out in it and it takes longer to readjust to the heat than it did to the cold.  Even so. When the mercury rises into triple digits,  I’m just as miserable as everyone else.

I may just load up Blue Jean, a laptop and a tarp for the weekend: hit the lake during the day, set up the tarp for shade and work on some writing.  Use Blue Jean to get somewhere secluded to do so.  (I still have a kickass pelican case, from my road days, for transporting ‘puters, waterproof to 6 meters and floats like a cork.) (Do need to work on a solar bank to keep laptop batteries alive,,,)  

As for the rest of the world,,,,   still watching, still reading,  still assessing directions of the fall.  That its falling (failing) is beyond doubt now, just trying to stay off the path of where it lands, and hope to help pick up the peices.   But I can’t let the weight of the world drag me into insanity; I’m living instead. May get blindsided, but not near as much as the 90 % in denial that “shits about to get heavy” will.  And having already made the ‘offgrid’ move,,, three steps ahead of the curve.