It's not dropped under 90 for a month until the storm a couple days ago, and then it popped back up until today's bigass thunderstorm. I'm hoping that we'll get some weather that will actually allow us to be outside comfortably sometime before the snow falls, but I'm not counting on it.

I went to the beach yesterday before I went over to Grandma's for dinner. I haven't been to the beach all year, I probably won't be back because it's so damn hot. There were people laying out and I don't know how they stood it, there was a breeze, but it was hot too.

I wish I had taken my camera so I could have gotten post Dennis pictures. The beach has been radically changed. All the decks have been washed away. The beach is several yards wider than what it was.

This morning on my way to work it was 80.

It's supposed to rain later this week so it could get as cool as 89 for the high.

The smartest thing I ever did (well, smartest weather-related thing) was a vacation in San Francisco in August. It was a total break from summer.

Someone please remind me that not only have I done well on interviews before, but that I've actually worked on that team before.

Jilli, not only have you worked on that team before, and not even only have you done well on interviews before, I am confident you have ROCKED coffee many a time.

My Monday only got Monday-ish at 5, when my boss started freaking out about getting a letter done that was following up on something that happened in MARCH.

Also?

Dear Bosses Of The World:

Please remember that a little politeness goes a long way. "I need X"? Yeah, you want me to do something about it? You can ask. Nicely.

Thank you for your consideration in this matter.

Yours,

Employees Everywhere.

People dealing with crummy Mondays should have their choice of chocolate, ice cream, and alcoholic beverages, stat. Or all three.

I'd like all three. Combined. In a bath tub.

wait, sara, you watched a movie?

My day, by msbelle

wake up 4:15
cab pick-up 5:30
deal with incompitent people who by being unhelpful make you walk at least a half mile in a rush in heels (before 6:30)
be crowded & cold
get slightly lost resulting in another half mile of unnecessary walking heels, carrying heavy bag
have fairly contentious meeting with clients and try to push and not be defensive
sit and contemplate nap.

Jilli, you're a charm-monster. No need to freak out.

From defamer:

Charlie stayed on top, but we're quite disappointed that headline writers failed to embrace the lascivious promise of last Monday's “Depp’s ‘Chocolate Factory’ has tasty opening.” The best we could turn up with a very (read: very) cursory search was, "Willy Wonka still holds sweet spot," which admittedly requires a very liberal interpretation of "sweet spot" to titillate. We never should've allowed ourselves to lose an entire weekend hoping that the wire services would deliver a treat like "Moviegoers Lose Car Keys In Wonka's Fudge Tunnel."

What I will never get used to are the fact that a) a rainstorm doesn't reliably cool things off and b) it can stay over 80 and muggy overnight. My desert brain just can't get over that. This weekend, when the humidity ran away, it got to the midsixties overnight. That seemed reasonable. But now? 80. 80! Dark means it should cool off significantly, damnit! It should be comfortable.

Wow, msbelle, that sounds like a great day. Or the other thing.

msbelle, it was on PBS. You can recover from your faint now.

Sorry the day was so ooky. And started so damned early. Where'd you have to go where there was cold?

I'm sad to have missed humid LA.