Oh how I wish this weather would break! We've had 2 days of lovely thunder...and about 10 raindrops! Yet the other end of town has gotten decent rainfall. We have virtually no rain chances in the 10 day forecast although a front is supposed to come through Monday. It's been so beastly hot and for the past couple of days, and just issued for today, is a heat advisory.

We've been watering the lawn early in the morning and late in the evening, but so far there is no sign that the fertilizer is going to work. I even told them not to mow last week. Some places do need cut, while most of it doesn't. Hopefully by the time they come next week we'll have some improvement.

I've had a headache for most of the week, due to the weather I'm sure. Bill also hasn't had much energy and has only walked a couple of days. The air conditioner went out in the apartment. But, it was in the house when we bought it and we've been here almost 19 years. Bryan went with us to get a new one and we got one of the newer ones that sit on the floor and vent through the window instead of fitting in the window. We got that one for 2 reasons, there have been a lot of thefts of window units lately, so it won't be stolen, and since the central unit for the house isn't hooked into the generator system, if the power goes out we can always bring it into the house and at least cool the bedroom if necessary.

We received a "save the date" card for the Jacksonville Transplant Alliance's annual tribute to transplants. They have this event in October and it has never been at a convenient time to coincide with Bill's check-up. This year it is the 21 & 22. We've decided that we are going to go to it this year and then go on to Clearwater to visit with Bill's sister and then go back to Jacksonville for Bill's check-up. We don't have a firm date for that yet, but since they do it around the transplant date it should be from Nov 1-3 or so. We have our reservations for the first part of the trip but we can't make the others until we know for sure how long we would need the room. We're staying longer in Clearwater than we usually do, and doing it this way, we're hoping I won't get so tired driving. It seems like the drive from Clearwater to home is grueling even though we still break it into 2 days.

We finally got the hedges trimmed and gutters cleaned yesterday. Our former daughter-in-law's husband came with our grandson Kayden and they got it all done in a couple of hours. It's so nice to be able to see out the bathroom window again without looking through the jungle. I was starting to feel like the little guy from the Laugh-In show who would peek through the bushes!

All for this week.Try to stay cool!