The heat wave was supposed to crest tomorrow but I think we got it today. It was 106°F with a heat index of 119°F. I waited until 8:00 PM to go out and get some Whataburger for dinner so that I didn’t have to heat up the kitchen at all and even then it was still 100°F and the car clearly wasn’t happy about running in those temps.

The biggest problem for me is that even though I’m staying inside I still feel drained. I’m getting the worst sinus headaches and I keep having to go lie down before I get nauseated. I don’t know if it’s because the house is pretty much sealed and we’re not getting a lot of fresh air, or there’s just a lot of mold/pollen/cat dander/what have you that’s been supercharged by the heat, or what the hell is going on. But Nicola is wrecked. I managed to get about 800 words done on Episode 33 of Crystal Blade and got that uploaded, and after that I gave up and went to bed.

Does it suck that this crappy weather hits right while I’m trying to finish the book? You betcha. But I’m also in my late fifties and I have to accept that I have some limitations these days, and trying to work through a screaming sinus headache is simply not on. Hopefully once the heat wave breaks I’ll feel better and can get back to work on cranking out the rest of the Blade eps.