It feels like a sauna bath out there. The temperature was 78 degrees at 8:30 am, and it\’s quite humid, too. And it\’s still March!

I would have stayed in this afternoon; but I needed to make copies of something to get my tax work done. Kinko\’s is closed Sundays, which meant I had to get there today; take time off from work on Monday; or wait until next weekend.

That last is a poor option; time is getting rather too short for it. I don\’t much care for taking vacation time, either; that\’s for a proper vacation, or a big emergency. As for going today, the place closes at 6 pm, and it was about 3:45 already.

So off I went on the hybrid, in this hot, humid, and windy weather. I knew I\’d be out more that 15-20 minutes, which meant applying sunblock. I was feeling a bit hollow, so I ate the one Stroopwafel that I had left before setting out.

I\’m glad there\’s still much less motor traffic than usual; that\’s always a big help. And that there wasn\’t a crowd in Kinko\’s. I was able to get in and out quite quickly.

Perhaps the biggest \”glad\”: the wind was mostly behind me on the way back home! It\’s blowing from the South today. Perhaps the weather system in the Midwest is the cause. A low-pressure  pulls air towards it; isn\’t that right?

I rode home through the park; and I have a question. How do I practice \”social distancing\” when two cyclists in front of me are going more slowly than I\’d like (and un-helmeted, too!); and the pedestrian side of the path has too many people in it to allow me to pass safely; AND I\’m downwind of anybody who\’s in front of me?

Despite today\’s sauna bath, we could still get a cold front. I don\’t quite dare to pack away the electric heater until May.