In adulting news, I just went through my 81-page lease so I could e-sign everything. I also bought too much at the farmer's market this morning, but in my defense my crisper drawers were pretty bare from traveling.

I've never had central air before and was sure I'd cope with ceiling fans and portable fans, because summer's supposed to be miserable.

Central air is a gift and I'm glad that you're using it. I admit that I mostly don't need AC in San Francisco, but on days when my apartment gets into the 90s, I do pine for it.

Ugh, I went outside again. What a stupid decision. I need to not do that again until sometime in October.

OK, people who have had someone with dementia (and people who haven't, I guess): Which is the more offensive question? 1. Does he/she recognize you? or 2. Are you over being sad?

Neither's charming, Jesse, but I'm going with 2. Depending on the relationship, the first one could be someone close wondering about the progression of the disease. No excuse for the second one.

Who the hell would ask #2? "Hey, how's your grieving process going? You reached acceptance yet?"

I will say, I understand why people ask #1, because EVERYONE asks it, but it's a really hard question to answer for most people, I would think. Like, my father has basically no reaction to anything, so how would we know? But what about the woman whose mother spends all day asking her, "Are you my daughter? Are you my sister? Are you my mother?" I mean, clearly she knows she's someone.

And #2, I can imagine myself asking a close friend, in the middle of a longer conversation. But yikes.

Yeah, I was assuming this was someone only slightly involved in the situation. Of course it's appropriate to talk about your grieving process with friends or family.

If not, it seems offensively intrusive to me. Not that the other one's much better.

Yikes, "Are you over being sad?" is not okay under any circumstances. If someone is close to you, that line of questioning would be okay if it were worded much differently.

Ugh. What Steph said. Who says things like that?

Oh, so here's the shocker: my mother is much more upset by #1! Maybe it was the context for the other one, but she's gotten it more than once!