I just participated in my own personal sweat lodge.
I think part of a sweat lodge is to spend time alone with your thoughts in a hot environment that sweats out impurities, both physical and mental. [I really don’t know, but that is what I imagine.] The last 1-1/2 hours was hot, I was sweating, and I only had one person say hello to me (although a few drivers did acknowledge it was OK to cross in front of them, so I got to think. I guess I am not sure I got rid of many impure thoughts, however.
Dropped the car off at the dealership for the normal 5000 service stuff.
Everyone else was busy, and this will save a second trip later tonight or early tomorrow.
So I walked home. It is about 5 miles – probably a bit more as my ability to remember road names was just a bit off sometimes. Seattle has a very rectangular road pattern and I always knew where I was in relation to home. But Seattle also has ravines, and most of the roads stop at the sides of the ravines, picking up on the other side. The trick is knowing which ones cross.
Anyway, hottest day of the year, with tomorrow expected to exceed today by a few degrees. When I left the car it said 97 degrees. I did see it saying 100 degrees on the way, but 97 was the most common reading.
This is my training for Michigan, otherwise I probably would have taken the bus.
[Perfect numbers has to wait for me to stop sweating.]
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July 29, 2009 at 6:46 pm |
Hot town, summer in the city
Back of my neck getting burnt and gritty
Been down, isn’t it a pity
Doesn’t seem to be a shadow in the city
All around, people looking half dead
Walking on the sidewalk, hotter than a match head
But at night it’s a different world
Go out and find a girl
Come-on come-on and dance all night
Despite the heat it’ll be alright
And babe, don’t you know it’s a pity
That the days can’t be like the nights
In the summer, in the city
In the summer, in the city
Cool town, evening in the city
Dressed so fine and looking so pretty
Cool cat, looking for a kitty
Gonna look in every corner of the city
Till I’m wheezing at the bus stop
Running up the stairs, gonna meet you on the rooftop
But at night it’s a different world
Go out and find a girl
Come-on come-on and dance all night
Despite the heat it’ll be alright
And babe, don’t you know it’s a pity
That the days can’t be like the nights
In the summer, in the city
In the summer, in the city
Hot town, summer in the city
Back of my neck getting dirty and gritty
Been down, isn’t it a pity
Doesn’t seem to be a shadow in the city
All around, people looking half dead
Walking on the sidewalk, hotter than a match head
But at night it’s a different world
Go out and find a girl
Come-on come-on and dance all night
Despite the heat it’ll be alright
And babe, don’t you know it’s a pity
That the days can’t be like the nights
In the summer, in the city
In the summer, in the city
July 29, 2009 at 8:50 pm |
You know I was just thinking about that song two days ago.
They hd a bunch of “summer” songs to choose from at the Mariners’ game, but they did not have this as one of the choices. One of my favorite summer cabin songs in memory (that and Bus Stop – or what I call Bus Stop)
July 30, 2009 at 7:11 am |
That was one of my favorite ones also. The fog horns used to play the first two notes of that song. Today we heard boats blowing in the fog, but no fog horns anymore.
July 30, 2009 at 4:00 pm |
YOu are amazing to walk in this weather–is it really this hot in Michigan?(but with AC I hope?)
July 31, 2009 at 6:23 am |
It is not hot in Michigan this summer. One day over 90, and that was a while ago. It’s cool in the mornings and evenings lately — mid 50’s. And highs around 80 for the most part. a very lovely summer at this point.