I was grateful to wake up this morning and see a sheath of gray clouds covering the usually azure sky. The temperature was mild, only about 83, so I sent the girls outside to play since Tanner was going to have to drive all the way to Austin with only 4 hours of sleep under his belt. I figured if they were outside, they could squabble to their hearts content and not disturb him.

The past few days have been really hard on the girls since I don't feel comfortable letting them play outside when the thermometer is reading over 95. I'm just too ignorant about heat stroke and things like that to take the risk of letting them play outside. I've taken the girls to the children's museum and the mall quite a bit so that they can get some active play time into their schedules.

So, when I shook Tanner awake at noon, he stumbled around blindly for a bit, brushed his teeth, combed his hair, remembered to shave, that sort of thing. Then he went out to the car to unload the trunk so that there would be enough room for Jonathan's luggage. He was back inside the house within ten seconds excitedly telling me to OPEN the windows, let the air inside! I didn't argue. I knew that the high was only going to be about 95, and I figured that a little fresh air would keep us all healthy. The house steamed up quickly, but there was a nice breeze so I think we accomplished our goal. After about 45 minutes, I closed the house up, waved goodbye to the kids and Dad, then turned the AC on full blast.

I'm not sure what to do with myself for the next hour. It is so quiet.