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I have been back from my Boston/London/Toronto trip for almost two weeks. I thought I had no jet lag or anything but, as it turns out, I am just beginning to feel "right" after all the time changes. Nine time zones.

John says there is a "thing" that says we need one day for each time zone we go through. So I guess I am right on time.

I am going away again in two weeks for my regular annual getaway in San Diego. Shelter Island. On the water. Bay Club Hotel and Marina. I trained trainers there for many years and never got it out of my system. I am ready to be back.

In the meantime, I will be doing normal stuff.

Last night, we did our newish Thursday night eat-out thing. We went to a restaurant we have never gone before. John wanted to but I demurred. I had the idea that it was pretentious. Or something.

Spencer's. Not bad actually, and being summer, not crowded at all. It might, indeed, be a little pretentious but I think that I have confused it with the restaurant up the street which is really over the line.

The weekend is very nicely empty. No activities.

The condo Board takes the summer off. Well, we met once to pass the budget for next year because we got caught in the law requiring notice before the fiscal year for rate raises. We are going up 65.00 a month which is, quite frankly, a lot but we have depleted our reserves and previous boards, not having the balls to do it, let the rates stay the same. To our detriment.

So we are biting the bullet.

I do run for office so there is a vulnerability I suppose but I am past giving a shit about stuff like that. If they want to elect someone who lies about the real cost of doing business here, as they did before, good on them. There. That showed "them" huh?

House got its bi-weekly cleaning yesterday. Sergio and the gang. They do pretty well but I am still guilty of doing some prep before they get here and then after they leave doing some critical examination.

Ants. I mentioned ants before.

We successfully turned back the tide and then, over the last few days, they are back. The little fuckers. So resilient. So determined. Argentinians. But I have devastated them again with the Raid and soon, nature will have its way. Cold air will drift in and they will go back into hiding again.

The heat is upon us. For sure. The top has stayed up on the Volvo convertible for several days running. I put it down to go to the store today mostly so I could throw the bags into the back more easily. But for a few days we are going to be under the gun then, again, a cooler period with temps in the 90s. Amazing summer. And very little humidity so far. The "normal temps" are shown in the graph. But there is no normal here. Averages and means do not tell the story.

This is a catchall post. All the boring news and then some. But some people like it and this is supposed to be a substitute for me writing regular emails to friends and family so I needed to get to it and post the mundane details.

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