Fly

#1 - We rarely have dessert with meals here (you can buy ice cream at a separate building), so tonight it was a special treat to have both a delicious orange poke cake and cherries!

#2 - How spending a bit of time in the creek cools down your body temperature in a way that lasts for a while afterwards, and having a fellow staff member who enthusiastically said, "Yes!" when I asked if she'd walk a mile down to the spot where it's deep enough to briefly swim.

#3 - I don't know if I made the "right" decision to skip my camping trip tonight/tomorrow night.  First it looked the hottest it has been this summer.  Then I thought with the 40% thunderstorms for tomorrow night, maybe I could just camp 1 night.  But then there is a "red flag" warning until 9pm for potential fire conditions etc.  So far, it looks like it would have been fine to go today, but even if I made the "wrong" decision, I'm glad these types of "wrong" decisions really do not matter.

#4 - I requested an "out" (basically vacation) day for the above.  So now I have 3 days off in a row, which on one hand I kind of wasted, but on the other hand I wouldn't have taken a day off beyond my weekends otherwise.

#5 - These photos are the result of me sitting outside for a brief amount of time this afternoon and swatting the flies that landed on me.  I am very grateful to have indoor spaces to go when I can't take it anymore (like at dinner today, even though I usually eat outside). I am watching some people walk by my window as I write this and slap the air around their heads.