It is 98 degrees outside. Right now. Today. It’s not even July yet.

And I’m not even going to detail the hour I just spent, adjusting the two little air conditioners which are permanent–one on each floor–and then a complicated maze of fans trying to urge the airflow to cool the entire house. I have got to borrow someone’s husband to come help me put the other air conditioners in.

But then… divine intervention. In the form of a phone call. A play date/dinner invitation from one of my favorite people on the planet. She would still be one of my favorite people even if she didn’t have central air, but I’m just sayin’….