HURRAH

My apartment faces east; by the time I posted complaining about the heat yesterday, the sun had already passed over the top of my building, and things did get progressively better as it got dark outside.  I had all the windows open, the ceiling fan going in the living room and the box fan blowing over me in my bed, and I slept fine.

And then I woke up at about 8:30; I closed my eyes to go back to sleep; it started to rain, and I was glad; then there was a flash of lightning that lit up my eyelids, and immediately a walloping great clap of thunder, and the rain was heavier and louder and oh, I was so happy.

I slept for another two hours, and now I'm up and showered and dressed and coffeed and planning my Day of Errands, because I'm on a Mission, and it's lovely and cool outside, hooray.

behold, i am virtuous

• did not buy anything at knitting store, because is my birthday soon
  
• bought groceries
  
• did all laundry
  • and put it away
• ran dishwasher
  • and unloaded it
• vacuumed
  
• encased mattress and pillows in allergen-blocking bedding, so perhaps dust mites etc. will desist plaguing me
  
• cleaned (single day's worth, but nevertheless impressive) layer of pollen off windowsills
  
• still found time to have dinner with sanj, ellen_fremedon, and ltlbird!

[beams, shines halo]

Highlight of dinner:  sanj says to me, "You're like a whole Nora Ephron script over there."  This may be the coolest way I have ever been described!, provided we adopt the additional condition that I am allowed to be Carrie Fisher instead of Meg Ryan.  ;-)