7/28/06 - Heat Wave

The weather has been continually sweltering, breaking 50-year (and in some cases, 100-year) records. Even at night, the humidity has kept the temperature around the mid 80's. The state's power grids have been overloaded all week, causing power outages and forcing rolling blackouts all over California. Officials have asked people not to run major appliances before 7pm, which means no loads of dishes or laundry. Just as your house it starting to cool down, you have to run an appliance and heat the place up again. It makes it harder to cook, too. The last place I want to be after a hot day is hovered over a hot stove. Thankfully our power hasn't been affected, because if it were we'd be forced to retreat to the closest store or mall for the air conditioning. I've tried letting Eva crawl around in just a diaper, but she has a tendency to pull on the tabs and take them off, so I have to make her at least wear shorts or the diaper covers that go with her dresses.