I need to reprogram my body!

For some reason it seems to think it needs to be up at 3:30 or 4 a.m. Even if I take a sleeping pill at midnight, I'm still up that early. I'd do something to beat it into submission but 1) I'm too tired and 2) I'm afraid that would be counter-productive. It's all DJ's fault - for one of his last jobs he had to get up at 4. I'm such a light sleeper that no matter how quiet he was I still ended up awake. I know I should take advantage of this - meditate, exercise, whatever - I just haven't gotten to that point yet. I'm still trying to deal with, "It's summer, it's dark out, and I'm conscious. What's wrong with this picture?"

Speaking of summer... I love Cincinnati - tried for 26 years to get back here. But summers in Cincy suck. There's no other word for it. You walk outside & it feels like someone's thrown a hot, wet blanket over you. You hope everyone's remembered to use their deodorant. Your expenses go up because you're taking 2-3 showers a day & your air conditioning is running full blast, even at night. You turn on the a/c in your car and listen as your engine goes, "Sluuuurp!" You have no energy because the humidity just sucks the life out of you.

[Picture from WCPO.com's webcam gallery]

Take a look at this picture - you can see the humidity in the air! Almost enough to make me want to move north. Almost, but not quite. I'd rather be too warm than too cold. As much as I hate the humidity I despise snow even more. So I'll give up any control I might have over my hair & walk around with a towel under my boobs in exchange for not getting more than an inch or two of the white death.

No news yet on the job. But promisingly enough, there's no posting for it on the home company's web page (although there *is* a posting for another job, same campus).

I just realized I forgot yesterday's shout outs so I'll combine them with today's: thanks to rjk for letting me know you're all right; good luck to Lynne on *your* job interview; muchas gracias to my kids for keeping me young in spirit if not in body; safe journey to Amaris; to N2 - you're doing a great job as parents, keep up the good work!