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Tuesday, July 6, 2010

HOTHOTHOT -- & New driver alert!

It's a heat wave. Went biking anyway, and I was surprised at how fine I was. Just the last half hr was hard -- it was 12-12:30 AND on the Custis trail -- which is the way home, hilly, wonderful, BUT not real shady. We'd gone to Bethesda (because it's the shadiest choice)so it was the only non shade.

Really I couldn't bike in this weather (high of 100° today & code red -- poor air quality) if I didn't have AC to come home to.

And then it broke. The AC broke. I couldn't believe it. At first I thought it was 80° when set to 77 because it was so hot outside -- though I should have known better. But then when it got up to 82......

The service people came only 2 hrs after I called (WOW!) but said it might take all night to cool down to 73°. Gawd, maybe I'll sleep downstairs tonight......the basement is nice & cool.

And then tomorrow I have to bike again, and it's going to be just as hot. Maybe a teeny bit warmer, like 1°. I rescheduled my 2pm acupuncture appt to 11 so I'd have time to bike there and back. Maybe I'll leave early so I have less time biking in the afternoon...... I planned it that way so I could give Matthew the car. He started his internship yesterday, working on computers for the homeless shelter -- and he got his driver's license!!!

He got it on Saturday. We had thought we'd have to make him wait still -- the driving instructor said we wouldn't be able to get him on our auto insurance til he gets his real plastic license in 2 months, after his court date. I thought, What a tease! A license but you can't USE it! I talked to one friend who said it had indeed been a tease for her sons, but you can't let them drive uninsured. But then Joan said it wasn't any problem for her sons; her insurance said they were covered right away...... so I called our insurance and got Matthew covered. He's covered NOW. We'll pay a little more than double what we were paying -- I'm a little cheaper because I'm in the preferred range -- but he's a lot cheaper than the standard new teenage driver because of his GRADES. How about that? We get a 35% discount because he has over a 3.0!

And now we're going to see how we share the car...... I got Alan to sign Matthew up for a credit card so we can give him shopping lists when he takes the car -- two birds with one stone, far as I'm concerned! (....and pick up your sister on your way home -- I'll be on my bike.)