I was freaking out about money because I thought this week wasn't payday, but it is! Phew. And I'm going to get some freelance money shortly, and there's more where that came from, so now I can relax again. But maybe I will still do my own nails today, which was my plan when I thought I was broke for a week....

I was going to say I was happy to no longer be so restrictive about my budget, and then I realized that I made vegetable broth today to use up my veggies before vacation and am eating the strained veggies for dinner, because, hey, why order food when you don't have to?

Dude, you're living the dream! Cheap habits when you don't need them lead to more money for fun things you want!

Noah would be jealous if he could conceptualize having a job and working on a LucasFilm thing.

Hee, Noah! And Yay for megan's job. So cool.

Hey, can anyone recommend an easy randomizer?

My website launch giveaway [link] ends tonight, and I gotta pick the winner.

Going to the Ozarks this weekend, and planning on sipping icy margaritas while all the kiddos play in the river or lake (if the river's too low).

This'll be the first weekend "out" that I've had to do some work stuff while I'm on mini-vaca, and it's kind of weird. Just a the contest winner announcement and emails, but still.

And in news of fiscal profligacy, I've left the a/c in my bedroom on low, and it is helping the living room, I'm pretty sure, even with the window open (the especially profligate part).

We occasionally do the A/c in one room for another. We also hung curtains on tension rods. One curtain separates the bedrooms and bathroom from the living room and another the separates the kitchen from the den. It shocks me how much a difference it makes in terms of keeping the heat out of the living room to use the curtains!

Erin, try random.org. I use it in class when kids present.

I keep my whole house bearable with two window units upstairs! And lots of strategic fans.

Today is going to be bad, weatherwise. It was already severely gross at 5:30. I'm just going to pretend it isn't as much as I can.

Yeah, they're talking about 101F around here today, before adding in all the heat index stuff. I'm working from home, and I plan to leave my air conditioned cave to go to the mailbox and go upstairs to visit my neighbor for a Torchwood viewing, and that's it.

Thanks, Kat!

Yeah, they're talking about 101F around here today

I like the use of "F" there. It's really aggressive to my eyes:

They are talking about 101 degrees. Fuck!

Or maybe that's just me because it was 104 here yesterday.

They're predicting that the heat index (what it feels like) will hit 120 today.

To quote the wicked witch, "I'm melting"

It's supposed to be 103 here in Maine today. This is ridiculous weather. Maine is supposed to be where people go to get away from the heat.