Isn’t it funny how you forget what “HOT” really feels like? (Kind of like how you forget what labor really feels like until you have that first “fo’ real” contraction and you say “Ohhh, yeah. THIS again.”) Here in Chicago, today was the first bona fide HOT day of the 08 spring/summer season. This morning it was only about 63; now it’s 86 and feeling hotter by the minute. I just took a shower, and my hair is drying curly in the heat (hey, it’s actually not looking half bad, either…). The boys have a couple of friends over, and they’re sitting on the back deck yakking about God knows what (I can’t understand their language half the time). The windows and doors are open and there’s a nice breeze blowing through the dining room. And I just went into the fridge and was reminded that my dear husband made Jello Jigglers before going to bed last night.

jello jigglers, glistening in the sunlight

Life is good.