Tuesday August 13th 2024

Today was sunnier with a lower chance of rain than yesterday. The humidity was also down a little. Generally positive things that have one down side. All the bright sun warms the interior of my RV home faster than the air conditioning can keep up. It got warm inside this afternoon, before a few passing black clouds helped a little. Today’s high temperature was in the mid nineties. The feels like was above 105 degrees.

Everything was very relaxed and slow today. I found traffic on the roads to be light. My foggy brain seemed to think it was a Sunday morning until I did some analysis and determined it to be Tuesday. It really took a minute and I still wasn’t sure until I pulled out my phone.

It didn’t help that I was a klutz this morning. Trying to put the fake butter (Country Crock) back in the refrigerator I dropped it. The resulting explosion sent fake butter all over the floor, rug and cabinets. The TV even got a splash. The clean up was done in two phases. The first part was with paper towels to get all the globs picked up. The second phase required a run to Walmart for supplies. Armed with a new sponge and a couple of brands of cleaner I finished the job.

My analysis of the appropriate day of the week occurred while I was at Walmart. The store was empty compared to other visits. Navigating the aisles was easy and I didn’t have to wait at the checkout. The schools are open again. Maybe that is why shopping patterns have changed.

I finished the daylight portion of my day with a walk around the upper half of the RV resort. There hasn’t been any sustained heavy rain in about a week. The retention ponds are starting to returned to their grassy field disguise. The water birds that remain are starting to cluster together and some of them don’t seem to get along. Watching the posturing and occasional attacks is interesting.