>Remember this? It is gone, gone, gone. I told the a/c guy that once it was fixed, I wouldn’t need it, and was I ever right. It is gray, raining, and 64 degrees. Sweater, blanket, warmer jammies, hot coffee. Root beer floats? No way. It’s interesting how everything is relative, isn’t it? In winter, 64 degrees would be a heat wave. In August, it’s freezing weather. It’s been a really unusual summer. I’m wondering what the winter is going to be like. I’ll let you know, readers.

>The lovely, lovely air-condition repairman came today and fixed the darn thing. It needed a new part. The old one was thirty years old, he said. It is an old building I live in. Anyway, all is now cool and much, much dryer. All of us…..me, the super, and the repair man agreed that we do not like humidity and will never move to Florida, like so many people we know do. LOL

Had a good day so far. Had to move the bed so make easier access to the a/c system in the closet, so kind of rearranged the bedroom, and my homemaker helped me cover the mattress and do some other things in there. I also had to take stuff out of the closet and then put it back after a/c guy left. Not fun when you are trying to work in soup. The putting back was in much more comfortable circumstances, though.

I found another translate gadget, so added it. Tried to get an ’email me’ gadget, but it didn’t work. It’s supposed to scramble your email so spambots can’t grab it, but no. Oh, well.

>and Sticky. Too hot and sticky to do much of anything except emulate the cat in the picture. But yesterday I went to Whole Foods with a friend. Haven’t been in a long time. Got some really lovely fruit….figs, apricots, plums, and more. Just one or two of each. Also got an heirloom tomato, which was tasty but not spectacular. Today I made caprese salad….tomatoes, mozzarella, fresh basil from my Aerogarden, extra virgin olive oil, wine vinegar, s&p. MMMMM. Very nice.

Lots of pain still, but I am managing. I’ve also been bitten in several unrelated places by I have no idea what. I don’t think it’s mosquito, and I haven’t seen anything flying, crawling, hopping or otherwise. It’s always something, right?

Watching a bio of the late, really great Janis Joplin. What is it that the great ones are usually so troubled? We,(me), the great untalented, seem to get through life reasonably well. Creativity takes something from you, or maybe is caused by a lack, or a glitch in the brain. Whatever. She was one hell of a singer, and I was sad when she died. I had all her albums, too. Unfortunately, when husband moved out, he took all the records with him. I have replaced some with cd’s though, over time. I like music of all kinds, with the notable exceptions of most jazz and all country-western. I like western music, just not when it has country attached. LOL

Time for some water, people. Be sure to keep hydrated in the heat, especially if you are ill.

>I updated my blog roll. Yes, I know there are not a lot of fibro/cfs blogs listed, but I am interested in more than my illness, and I hope you are, too. Blogs on any and every subject are out there, and especially if you have mobility issues, you can be connected and entertained and educated and laugh, laugh, laugh, just with your internet connection. It’s a good thing, and yes, I know I stole that from Martha, but I’ll bet she doesn’t really care.

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Does anyone? I don’t. But I just read something about searching yourself on google, so I did a search for strangely peculiar, which I have been using since 1995 btw, and discovered I have been twittered.

http://tweetmeme.com/story/138109786/strangely-peculiar-something-has-changed

Should I be excited, flattered, disturbed? It means my blog is being read more than I thought, which is a good thing, but it also means I should probably step it up and get serious about blogging for people with fibro/cfs. Or should I? Should I just keep it on a more personal note, should I try to become a ‘real’ blogger, or should I just get over myself? Opinions, anyone.

I am feeling much better today, btw. Coincidentally, it is much cooler today, although the humidity is still pretty high. So maybe it really IS the heat, not the humidity. I don’t know anymore. I’m just happy to feel better and be out of the funk and the pain I was in for the past couple of weeks. Life is good.

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Wow! I had a visitor from Finland. I’ve also had one from Israel and one from India. Now if only some of you would comment. I know it’s not the most interesting or informative blog out there, but still…………It would be nice to get to know some of you who have viewed these pages. *smile* I started this just as a way to write down what was on my mind here and there, but as I’ve read more blogs, I’ve really started to enjoy being ‘out there’. I read a lot of blogs with information on any number of things, but this is more just a ‘here is a small window on my journey through life with an illness, and whatever rambling thoughts pop into my head along the way’ kind of blog. It’s fun, even if no one reads or comments. It gives me an outlet for my feelings, and helps me keep a more upbeat outlook, cause I don’t really want to be too depressing if anyone comes across this. Illness is hard, but life is still good and very worth living. I laugh every day, even if it’s just at LOLCats. So if anyone out there wants to just jump in and say ‘hi’, it would certainly be a highlight of my day.