Sunday July 24, 2011 PM

I haven't posted in quite a while, and for several reasons.
1.  Steve has made it almost impossible, by putting passwords into my computer which have little or no revelance to me, and I can't remember them.
2.  I've been terribly tired and have so little time for anything that is not truely essential
3.  I've been un-well
4.  I've been depressed by all the exhaustion, work, heat, humidity, and lack of accomplishment
So, now I'm going to post.
It's not as hot today as it's been lately, and it's like a huge sigh of relief is going up from all the land.  I think the humidity is still pretty high, but the heat is a little less.
I've felt so drained lately by all this heat and the humidity.
We're getting a lot done at the house on Cherry Street, but not enough to suit me.  Kerry is quite slow, but he's pretty smart, so I'm trying to bear with him.
Teddy is not working for us anymore, but that's OK, and it cuts down on the payroll.
We've about got all the sheetrock work done in the sun room upstairs, which is a great accomplishment, as it's such a large room, and has so many odd angles to it.  The new bathroom is about ready for the final sanding, too.  I have yet to find a door for it.  I'd really like to find one that matches the other doors in the house, but they're fairly rare.
I finally finished the insulation in the old upstairs bathroom, so it's cooler.  I'm pretty sure we'll have to add some insulation to the attic, because I felt a lot of heat when I was up on the ladder doing all that insulation.  It was just radiating down.
Penny and I went to Habitat one day last week, and I found a shortened attic stair, which would be good to use in the closet upstairs, if it will fit.
I got some more lumber last week from some fellow off of John Sevier Pike at a really great price.  Some of it had been used, but he had all the nails out of it.  It's 2X10's, 2X12's, and some smaller lumber, but it will probably all be used.
We still have a laundry room to build onto the north-east end of the house, outside the kitchen.  I don't know where all the money and labor is going to come from.  I guess I"ll get to do a lot of the work.
Kerry re-set the smaller window in the new upstairs window this week.  It had been put in incorrectly before.  I was amazed at all the heat that comes in, even through double-insulated glass.  Penny and I put a curtain over it to stop some of the heat.
We have had to run the air conditioners all day, every day, to try to keep from falling over from heat exhaustion.  The heat has been oppressive.
I've left there several nights without a dry thread on me, and I've been so tired that I wasn't sure I'd make it home.
Last night was one of those nights that were like hell for me.  My feet hurt and burned like I had been wading through acid, and I didn't get to sleep until after 5:00 this morning.  I had taken several pain relievers and two sleeping pills, but my feet were thrashing about like fish out of water, and I couldn't get easy enough to rest.
I've taken it pretty easy today, only going out for cat food and a sandwich for myself from the Sub-Way shop.  I just couldn't cook...not anything.
I did a quick run-through for the birds, then got inside, where it wasn't so hot.
I rinsed out some bottles today, and filled them with our well water to take up to Creekside.  I'm trying to push fluids, and I can't drink that chlorinated water.  It tastes like bleach to me.
One of my old buddies from UT (University and Hospital) was in the obituaries this week.  She was younger than I am, and it's depressing to see my younger friends die off.  She had been a lot of fun while we were in school together.  She always chewed bubble gum, and blew huge bubbles, so I called her 'Blowface'.  Her name was Jackie Brown, and she lived in Blount County.
She had worked at UT hospital most of her life, I think, and died there.
I'm hot and tired, and my feet are beginning to burn, so I'm making this a little short, so I can start taking pain meds.
I haven't mentioned Barbara yet.  She's still fat, and I'll bet this hot weather has been hard on her.
She's still ugly, too.  And her momma dresses her funny.