I was losing it a couple days ago, and I mean like really losing it with the brain effects, in the humid heat (especially as I need a haircut--you know, when you have all the frizzy ends that curl around your face and irritate it when you sweat, and then it's also grass pollen season, which to my nervous system is like a very toxic poison ,)

but now we have the glorious air clearing of the thunderstorm ions (I can feel them before anyone tells me,) and a glance at the forecast sez we will have them for several days to come, hallelujah:

http://www.ny1.com/content/weather/7_day_forecast/

If it is steamy for half a day, I can take it, it's the endless I can't take, I need breaks, can't even comprehend tolerating an entire southeastern summer.

We are still without power after the Friday night/Saturday morning derecho. I went running Saturday morning, and there were downed branches everywhere. In search of ice and long matches, we drove past a wooden power pole that had been sheared off and stuck through the windshield of a sedan with all the lines still attached. Our local stores were closed, but we found one that was open. The gas range still works, so we've been lucky enough to cook and eat our food before it went bad. Oddly, there is power two buildings North and South of us, and at the community center. The community pool was open so we had some relief from the heat.