J is away at school, which has been unfun. I’ve been consoling myself by reading a lot. We’re in the middle of a horrible heat wave so the idea of going out during the day makes me just go euuuwww. So reading and knitting it is, not that that is such a hardship of course.  [...]

So what has become the usual stress still applies. However it is looking more hopeful, which means of course I need to return to house hunting in stl. I have found the perfect house, however it is in eureka which is a bit far west and its a bit out of our price range. However [...]