Friday post

and it's Friday at last.  Long, hot week.  I'm no good in humid summer heat.  Feel all wilted and sweaty.  The best place to be is: at work, where it's air-conditioned ; or: on the boat house porch where there's always a breeze.  I stayed at home last night, even though it was 84 in the living room at 10 p.m.  The dogs panted all night--or at least they were panting every time I woke up.  I'm sure they slept some.  I did.  I slept well, actually.  Went to bed early, very tired from my Weds. travels.

I went to Utica--everyone has heard plenty about this.  I left home at 5 a.m., got to the Utica Pub. Lib. around 8:30, plenty of time for the 9:00 session.  The program lasted until 3, when I was totally ready to leave and was wearing my rude bored face while the last speaker spoke (endlessly).  It took about 4 hours to get home, just enough traffic to screw me up.  I was exhausted when I got home--I think I may be too old for these marathon drive-meet-drive days.  Also, I was up too late the night before.  Oh well, age is what age is.  I pretty much enjoyed the trip, many lake communities, but the drive home was endless.  I much prefer the 5-8 a.m. travel time.

I haven't done much this week, just work and home stuff.  Saw Jim one night (Pat wasn't there) in his air-conditioned comfort.  He has COPD so he can't do hot humid weather.  After that I went to Linda's, where I ended up staying for delicious dinner and visit with newly arrived friends.  Yesterday I stopped there again, having left work at noon.  Nice visit with Linda on her porch, though there's not much breeze on her porch so it was a little stifflling.

Fred & I had drinks on his porch last evening--he has a breeze and it was quite pleasant.  I want a screened in porch at my house--I'd love to sleep there.  I tried a bunch of times to put up a screened gazebo but there was never a floor so it was not nice for sleeping on.  Someday, someday.  Or else I'll hold out for a screened-in tree house.  That would be way cooler.  After drinks F. & I went to Big Daddy's diner, where we go just because it's bad.  He always has a turkey club and I always have a cheeseburger.  I love cheeseburgers.  yum.  Anyway last night we had good food (for B.Daddy's) and a really nice time.

This weekend?  There are cousins in camp whom I'll visit with.  I still have much firewood to stack, and temps are supposed to drop a lot by Sunday so hopefully I'll be productive that way.  I did some cleaning yesterday, proudly in the heat.  I still have too much clutter but at least I got the laundry done.  Now I have to change beds in the boat house & wash those sheets.  Oh it doesn't end.  But how lucky am I to have that problem?