It's Too Hot to Sleep

Yikes! We are having a heatwave that is shattering all NW Washington records by a longshot. It's supposed to get up to 100 degrees today. 100! Usually it's around 8o or so this time of year. I didn't get but about 3 hours of sleep last night because we had to leave the windows open to cool off the house, and many bugs got in. It was at least 94 degrees yesterday, and when I got home at around 8 p.m., the house was at 103 degrees, and that was after the majority of the sun stopped shining on it, and the fans had been on all day pulling the coolest air in.

Like I said, YIKES!

Thank the Universe we know someone with air conditioning. I'm just about to get up and pick some fresh kale for smoothies. I'm thinking kale/banana/blueberry sounds good. Maybe I'll throw a peach or 2 in as well. We have 2 strawberry-banana pops left in the freezer, so one o' those'll likely be breakfast. Mmmmmm ....

Well, I'm off. Gonna try to find a nice spot to do some raw cacao research. Naked Chocolate came in the mail 2 days ago, and I've not gotten a big chance to read it yet. Only part way through the first bit. I checked it out at the library 2 years ago, but didn't have the full appreciation of Shazzie's and David Wolfe's work then. Now that I'm not in transition and am fully raw, I see the book with new eyes and appreciation. TOO amazing! Thanks for your hard work, you two. Just amazing, I tell ya!

Ok, I'm off in search of shade and cooler, greener, less biting-bug-filled pastures ... and trying to be content and grateful for the heat and what it can bring at the same time. If you have any ideas for how to keep the bitey-buggies off in a raw, natural way, lemme know. The itching is nearly unbearable! Over 50 bites on both legs combined, and only below the knees.

I say to you YIKES!!!