It’s hot out there.  I mean, it’s not just that it’s hot, it’s that it doesn’t cool down all that much in the evening.  Until the sun goes down.  We experienced a lovely cooling off period at the beginning of this week when it didn’t get much above 90, but it’s almost 100 today.  Also, as I was watching the weather forecast at the gym earlier today the weather lady said something about how it’s wicked hot today and to make matters worse, the humidity is such that it won’t cool down this evening at ALL.  So basically there’s, like, no reason to ever take a shower, because you’ll just sweat it up the minute the cool water’s turned off.  Then again, those 10 minutes under the cool spray do feel pretty nice.

Last night I was late to the gym, and rather than make Dice stay extra long I cut my workout short and went running outside after we got home.  By the time I left the house it was about 8:00 pm and I think the weather was perfect, personally.  A lot of dog-walkers out there looked really uncomfortable, but I was fine.  Really sweaty, but otherwise fine.  I’m thinking it was about 85 at that point.  I’ll always take 85 over 45, any damn day of the week.  45 is painful, yo.  85 is just a great excuse to run slower.

Dice and I are back on our $200 per week budget for eating out.  I know it sounds like a lot, but eating out is something we love to do and, unfortunately, have very little self-control over.  So a budget is kind of necessary to keep our spending under control.  This week we’ve done pretty well so far: we’ve only spent $55, which leaves us a whopping $145 for the weekend.  It’s not a lot, but it’s enough.  Will report back on Monday!