The heat has been magnified by Charlie's busy schedule this week; we were informed on Wednesday that he was in fact ready to test for his blue stripe belt on Sunday so this has meant three long sweaty afternoons in a row for him at the Taekwon do studio; I felt particularly bad for him today because he had sparring -- all geared up he is a sweaty mess even on temperate days, much less 90 degree ones. Add to this baseball practice Wednesday evening and a baseball game tomorrow morning and you pretty much have a kid in desperate need of a shower at any given moment all week long :-)
Since the heat wave started yesterday Charlie has discovered that snakes like hiding under trash cans when it gets really hot. He has discovered two snakes this way since yesterday afternoon and he also discovered one in his snake trap, which he had thrown under a bush weeks ago and that I at least had forgotten about. The snake-trapped snake required a thorough greasing up with Pam cooking spray and a careful peeling off from the sticky bottom of the trap, which Mike very patiently accomplished and the snake escaped unharmed. The snake trap, thankfully, was deemed one use only and thrown out so we at least don't have to do THAT again.
In pet snake news, Checkers is becoming comfortable in his new home. Which means that instead of hiding under his log or rock 24/7 he now comes out to slither around his cage, which is actually really disconcerting, especially when you are in Charlie's room and catch a glimpse of something slithering out of the corner of your eye. I much prefer him hiding under his rock.
In other news we are two weeks away from my 5K and I did finally accomplish running 3 miles today, the length of the race. "Running" is a stretch. In fact "jogging" is a stretch. "Old lady jogged " is probably more accurate. Yes, I old-lady-jogged 3 miles today without stopping.
Anyway, more updates from our baseball, Taekwon do and heat filled weekend to follow!!
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