Help Me...I'm Meeeelllllllltinnnnngggg

Oh my GOSH, it's hot. Miserable hot. Move the daughter's tea party inside the house hot (yes, we did!). Hot and humid and icky poo yuck, even for D.C., which isn't generally known for summer comfort anyway.

I'm watering my lawn. We never water our lawn. But I put in all kinds of new plants this spring and we're going to lose them without a little sprinkling. I feel so guilty about it, but my guess is Al Gore's gardener is watering his grass too, so it's all good. I'll admit...I made special arrangements to water a patch of clover in the middle of the backyard for the two baby bunnies who are living under my shed. They love clover, and they're so darn cute!

We were supposed to go blueberry picking at a local farm today. Not happening.

I'd take the kids to the pool but we belong to the Y, and it's going to be packed today. My daughter's still afraid of the water...packed and splashy isn't going to work. The mall's going to be that way too and I really don't need to be spending any more money, which I'd do with all the end-of-season sales. I thought about taking them to a local theatre, but the only tickets left for today are the $18 ones. Too spendy for an hour's entertainment.

We're heading to Wal Mart this morning, but after that...I might have to raid my rainy-day New Toy Closet (yes, I have one. Filled to the brim with birthday and Christmas gifts that aren't opened immediately but are saved for boring icky November days and days like today. It's fabulous.). I also see a run to Blockbuster in my immediate future. The kids are going to lose their minds stuck in the house.

Hot, hot, hot. Drippy, stifling hot.

Course, I watched paramedics whisk my neighbor's two-year-old out in an ambulance last night after a weird seizure. Need to call her later today. Kind of put things in perspective, you know? I'll take a little hot...