The heat is on - but so far so good

It feels every bit as fierce outside today as was predicted. As we went out to collect our mail, we were hit by a wall of heat and humidity. But we aired out the house last night, closed the windows when we got up and headed out first thing this morning to pick up prescriptions and some grocery items at Food Basics. And so far, we haven't even felt the need to turn on the air conditioner - the fan in the living room is keeping us comfortable for now.

I've been to Food Basics before (although not since pandemic measures were put in place) but I'm not yet completely familiar with the store layout. The aisles are narrower than the ones at our regular grocery store but luckily it was not crowded. The shelves were reasonably well stocked too, although they don't carry as wide a variety of different products. I managed to snag a couple of tins of pineapple chunks, some frozen wild blueberries, Asian crunch salad kits and some wonderfully fresh looking lettuce and tomatoes - though I'm still looking forward to seeing what our own garden yields!

While we were gone, our lawns got mowed too. This afternoon there's a pile of mail to look through - bills but also my Good Times magazine with some puzzles in it. Tonight I get to watch the conclusion of my Agatha Christie mystery, although I have to say that as far as I'm concerned, John Malkovich doesn't make as convincing a Poirot as David Suchet.

So I'm ready to cocoon now for a couple of days.