It is pretty hot right now. And has been for the past few days (and the previous week, but we were on vacation). We will probably hit triple digits today. In some ways it is not so bad as it is a bit humid, but not on the outrageously humid scale Virginia and the South in general get (and even upstate New York). I don’t feel like I am swimming through the air here.
Of course, it is still very hot. I am sweating profusely typing this entry out. I was going to go downtown and take refuge someplace with air conditioning; I think I will definitely do that tomorrow. Normally we would take Lonan Kai out of daycare early today and go to the farmer’s market, but Amanda and I may just leave him there all day so he will be cooler.
Mr. Kai has been able to sleep soundly though even in the heat. Which is good… another year we don’t need to get an air conditioner.
Monday we spent a lot of time cleaning… finishing up from out trip as well as doing a massive reorganization of the garage. Now theoretically we can park the car in the garage again as long as the scooter (which is still nonfunctional) is somewhere else.
We had a bread and cheese and wine and green bean and vanilla ice cream (called “eye-p!” by Mr. Kai) and berries for dinner because it was too hot to really cook.
Yesterday I took Lonan Kai to Group Health to get his eyes checked out again. It was just a followup appointment to verify his eyes were not crossing. It went well. He was amused with the fishtank in the waiting room as well as the TV showing cartoons. He does not get to watch TV here at home.
There were a lot of people hanging out in the air conditioning after their appointments. Funny.
Since we were up on Capitol Hill I took Mr. Kai to the wading pool at Volunteer Park. There were quite a few people there, but not as many as I would have thought given the temperature. Mr. Kai had a great time and would have stayed forever had we not had to go and pick up Amanda from work.
It was still hot to cook, but we made fajitas anyway because they were quick.
Time for some telephone calls, house chores, and sticking my head in the freezer.

• reading Pride and Prejudice and Zombies at long last… nothing like quality literature, eh? : 9:08 PM Jul 26 #
• @!@#%#@!$!@ thieves have run off with some prized tomatoes. I am losing my normal good nature in my old age. : 5:13 PM Jul 26 #
• back from bfast in pioneer square with Eve and Karl : 11:47 AM Jul 26 #
• http://twitpic.com/bpn8k – : 8:40 AM Jul 26 #
• http://twitpic.com/bnb59 – : 5:23 PM Jul 25 #
• Back in Washington on I5 north heading back home : 12:33 PM Jul 25 #
• lots of burnt wood, crab parts, and malternative bottles here on the beach in Manzanita : 3:32 PM Jul 21 #
• there is food and fire… do you want to warm yourself by my fire? : 8:14 PM Jul 20 #

We are home from our vacation down the coast. Hopefully I will actually recap that later.

Today we rode the new light rail train to downtown to meet Eve and Karl for brunch. We walked to the station in Mt. Baker, which is perhaps 3/4 of a mile away.

The new station and train were very nice and new and clean, but it has only been open to the public for a week or so.

We got off in Pioneer Square. The light rail uses the old bus tunnel underneath downtown. I had never been in it as it had closed for renovations a month after we moved to Seattle (renovations for the new light rail trains).

We met Eve and Karl at the Elliot Bay Cafe at the bottom of Elliot Bay Bookstore. I don’t think I had been since I poked my head inside when Lainie first visited four years ago. Although I have been to the bookstore itself since then. We had breakfasty things and I took Lonan Kai out for walks when he got too fidgety. It was good to see them as always; we don’t get together enough but having kids does drastically affect one’s daily schedule.

We got a few children’s books for Lonan Kai. I also got an autographed copy of “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies“. I can’t wait to read it. I am actually on the wait list for it at the library, but I think I am like 500+ on it, which means I will never get it (they remove you from the list after a year has passed).

We had to run down the tunnel to catch the train on the way back, but we made it in time. Of course, another would have come in ten minutes, but Lonan Kai was about to pass out. Which he did walking home.

It was $8 round trip for us to take the train… $0.25 more per leg than the bus. It was quick and pleasant, though, and I think would be faster on average downtown (with the walk to the station) than even the express 7 route bus. If we had a transit pass it would be a no-brainer really to take the train, but since we don’t it is still better for all of us to drive downtown and pay to park if necessary unless we were going to be there for more than a couple of hours.
Lonan Kai is still asleep. We have been cleaning and unpacking from the trip. I do not know what the afternoon holds. It is hot, so perhaps we will walk to the Lake and have LK splash in the water.

• Unfortunately I don’t have a cool enough phone to surf the web on but I can post to twitter with it; and btw I am cold right now as ther … : 7:26 PM Jul 19 #
• I am apparently in the “oyster capitol of the world” : 2:12 PM Jul 19 #
• amanda says I am a bad parent for giving Lonan Kai ice cream for bfast : 7:08 AM Jul 19 #
• it is opening day for light rail here in Seattle. hoo hah : 10:08 AM Jul 18 #
• 1v100 is easier while drinking wine; my reaction time is faster : 7:20 PM Jul 17 #
• playing 1 v 100 live cause he’s a loser : 7:05 PM Jul 17 #
• made a delectable dinner of fake meat stew and garden vegetables on couscous (and dessert!) but amanda did not feel like eating anything : 9:08 PM Jul 16 #
• piglet was dreaming in my lap last night when she suddenly peed on me; wtf! cats are supposed to be self cleaning and hygenic : 7:38 AM Jul 15 #
• lonan kai is asleep upstairs, amanda is asleep on couch, piglet is in my lap, and i am twiddling on computer and watching streaming netflix : 8:41 PM Jul 14 #
• picked the first tomatoes of the year before the garden thieves appear; also picked zucchini, but that’s less exciting : 3:16 PM Jul 13 #
• looks like the house was appraised at 6% less than when we bought it; ah, well, at least our interest rate is dropping 2% with the refi : 8:40 AM Jul 13 #