How hot I am! I guess the dog days are here; and there’s no beach handy where I might cool off a little.

For several days we’ve had temperatures in the 90s, and not mere heat advisories. We’ve been getting excessive heat warnings!

Yesterday the heat was brutal. The sunshine was blazing all day, and my window units didn’t seem to be doing much good.

Today we started to get some clouds, which helped a little. About half past four, I decided to ride to the drug store to get a few things. When I got outdoors, I looked up and saw the looming anvil-top of a thunderhead. I figured somebody off in a southerly direction was getting quite a storm.

In fact, much of the sky was full of stormy-looking clouds. On top of that, the wind was picking up. I decided to go to the store, anyway; and hoped it wouldn’t start pouring before I could get back home. I didn’t feel like packing along the poncho.

The gamble paid off. An hour after I was back home it hadn’t rained; but a weather site I checked showed rain over my neighborhood. I began to hear some thunder, too. A good T-storm might cool us off.

Or is that wishful thinking? The forecast predicts 83 degrees at FIVE o’clock tomorrow morning! At least it looks like it won’t be raining then, which is good for my ride. As for the rest of it? How hot I am.