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It's back to the grind

Well three week off work, as a result of our annual maintenance shut down, is over, and even though I had to come in to work a couple of days to get ready for our AS9100 audit, coming back to work after being off for so long is really difficult.

If only the weather had been a little cooler, I might have enjoyed the time off. But with temperatures reaching into the high 90's°F, and humidity greater then 80%, going outside has essentially been unbearable.

Even golfing is unenjoyable. The heat and humidity just seem to suck the life out of you. Yesterday, Edie and I went out around 2:30 in the afternoon to play a round, hoping to get in 18 holes. Everything was fine for about 5 holes, at which point, I could no longer swing the club. My rhythm and tempo were gone, and it was like I forgot how to play. We quit after 9 holes, got some Chinese take out, opened a bottle of wine, and sat in front of the wide screen TV, savoring the comfort of our air conditioned house. It was lovely.

But what has been bugging me so much lately, is I don't know how much of this lackadaisical feeling I have been experiencing lately is due to the weather or my MCL.

I certainly hope it is the weather, but until this heat spell ends, I am not going to know, and I doubt that I will get out of this stupor of not wanting to do much of anything.

I love California because this kind of weather doesn't occur, except for maybe one or two weeks during August and September, and if July has been this hot, I can't even imagine what August and September will be like. :(
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