Saturday morning, before the heat.....

 By beach city standards, it is going to be hot here over the next week with the temperature projected to hover around 32C (94F) at the day's hottest times.   We lived with a whole lot more (pollution, humidity, temperature) in Bangkok and the tropics.........it might get to 32 but it don't feel like 32 - it feels lower....and it ain't bad!  Inland?  Who knows??  I sure as hell am not going out!

I did my morning walk in T-shirt and light-weight Uniqlo cargo pants but switched to my sole pair of bathing-trunk-like shorts for the balance of the day.  The weather needn't prevent us from living our way - we simply start earlier and are out ONLY before it gets too hot.  Ralphs opens at 5am as does NY Bagel & Deli;  Whole Foods opens at 7am, Trader Joe's at 8am and CVS is a 24 hours a day business........we can start early and productively plan to have great days, indoors and out, by managing our time to maximum benefit. Hey, this applies no matter where we are!  With internet accessibility, I can be half-way around the world and still take an SMC class......and there must be other instructors besides John Achorn who  facilitates 'make-up's at any time, a day or two late, because he sends out recordings of the class to be viewed later by those unable to attend or view the live session.

It is Saturday morning at 10:10.  I'm going to Mickey D's for our free monthly Big Macs (we were there for the promotion, obviously!) and will (hopefully) be successful at heat-time management over the weekend.......lots to read with good music to listen to!!

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