[jyl]

Mon through Thur are supposed to be 100F and only cooling to 70F at night. My central air is not working and the repairman is coming . . . Friday. My neighbor is away and I'll have to water his plants 2X day (he has some incredible bonsai and I don't want them to suffer). My lettuce is bolting, my peas are turning yellow. We have some friends staying over tonight and I've been working all last night and this AM preparing dinner. Ceviche, gazpacho, vichysoisse (sp?), brined and grilled chicken breasts stuffed with basil pesto, tomato pesto on pasta, grilled veggies drizzled with olive oil. The menu is complicated by the fact that the wife is a vegan, the husband is a carnivore, and everything has to be cooked on the grill and the one side burner. Arrgh. I'll be glad to go back to work on Monday. At least it's air conditioned and I don't have to feed anyone.