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Things are heating up. I had hand therapy on Thursday and it was too hot. And I have another hand therapy appointment on Tuesday afternoon; every time I check the forecast, the projected high creeps up. Last I looked, it was 104F. As I told lurksnomore, I think I'm suddenly developing a meeting... And truthfully, there is a department staff meeting, albeit earlier in the afternoon, for which we received a somewhat ominous email saying the the department head's boss wants to come to the meeting to discuss "organizational updates." Fun times.

I ventured out in the heat today for the PokemonGO Community Day meetup, with my 24oz water bottle and a small bag of grapes. We did wander around outside for about an hour before our fearless leader decreed it was time to head inside to the air conditioning. I stuck around for another half hour or so. Then almost everyone headed back out. I also went out but I walked home rather than roaming around again. I think I managed to avoid getting sunburned anywhere. Nothing looks terribly pink and it's been 12 hours so I think I'm good.

You may recall that the nutritionist was all gung ho about getting an air fryer. I finally did buy a small one. I used it (twice!) for the first time tonight and I'm rather impressed. Pre-heat and cook times were significantly less than the oven, and the kitchen didn't heat up. I think I need to shorten the cook times by a couple of minutes, though. Things were slightly crispier than I expected. Not at all burned, and totally edible, just a little crispy.

A couple of days ago, I started eating a half salad once a day and that's going well. I'm very happy to be having salad again. I'm also eating Greek yogurt every day. I kind of hate Greek yogurt (it's a texture thing) but I discovered a couple of brands that have mix-ins. Chocolate chunks and crispy bits make everything better.

I've also been very good about exercising every day, aside from going out for a walk. Fitbit is now constantly complaining that I've exceeded the recommended cardio load for the day and I should take it easy. Whatever, Fitbit.

BritBox is dropping eps of their new series Outrageous, about the Mitford sisters. The first two were out Monday, with four more (I think) to come. I enjoyed it, though I did spend quite a bit of time yelling things like "don't do it" and "oh honey no." Then I had to go to Wikipedia to make sure the one sister didn't stay married to that jerk (she did indeed divorce his ass).

I Zoomed with conference!roomie on Sunday. We have future plans to go out to Hanford in a couple of years, once they've finished working on the B Reactor. Assuming, of course, there's still a national park to visit.

Late yesterday afternoon, my psych messaged to ask to reschedule our appointment to today. And the only times she had available were, gosh darn, during the department end of the semester get together. Due to budget cuts, it was bring your own lunch and they'd bring games. I was very glad to have a legit excuse to not go.

I ordered groceries this afternoon, but apparently radishes were out of stock by the time they packed my order. So now I have these 2 turnips which I will have to find something to do with. I'll cut up and roast one of them. I'm not sure about the second one. Mashing is always an option but that doesn't sound appealing right now.

I'm currently off salad, for reasons no one probably wants to hear about, so I'm in search of non-starchy vegetables to have instead. Hence the turnips (and someday the radishes). It's a really big pita because the starchy ones are so good. And salad made it really easy to get servings of veggies and fruit in one easy to eat package. *sigh*