Heat wave! This is my island in the sun!

After working out of McDonald's today in Pearisburg to have internet access, I've finished designing my questionnaire for class and am not looking forward to the crazy week of studying and discussion I have in front of me. But it's ok, because two weeks from right now, my class will be finished and I'll have a (brief) respite from homework. Speaking of which, I guess I should sign up for classes for the fall...

We spent the weekend at my grandfather's house beginning the process of moving him out of his home and into our house. I didn't do that much to help out because I was working (at McDonald's), but I'll probably be going down there in the next few weeks to help out fairly regularly. I'm also, apparently, getting a new dresser, which will be nice, though I've had my current one since I was a small child and I've always loved it. But it's not really big enough for an adult so I guess I should move on. *sigh*

With not a lot to do today, and my laptop charging, I decided to go for a run. For those of you who don't know because perhaps you live on another planet (or at least in Europe), it has been insanely hot in the eastern part of the United States over the last week or two.

 So, my grandfather lives up in the mountains of southwestern Virginia and I thought "Well, it can't be that hot. I'll go for a run." Bad idea. It was a mistake in so many ways. First of all, it's in the mountains, which by definition means that it is not a flat running area. I started off running, then switched to running the flat and downhill areas only, then just the downhills, then I pretty much just walked. But for whatever reason, I decided to run up the most brutal hill of the entire route, at which point I probably would have just thrown myself into traffic to end it all, except that Pearisburg has a population of like 300 people and there weren't all that many cars on the road.

I also, in my wisdom, did not wear sunscreen. In fact, I didn't even think to put it on. It's not like I don't put on sunscreen every single morning when I get ready. It's not that I don't know that the sun and I have an adversarial relationship. But, for whatever reason, it did not even cross my mind that putting on sunscreen for a noon run in 90-degree heat might be a good idea. Long story short, my skin has taken on a very pink glow as the day comes to a close and I'm sitting with my beautiful can of spray aloe waiting for it to get worse. Btw, spray aloe = the best invention EVER!

All the years I spent putting aloe in the refrigerator and then trying to squeeze the gel out are at an end! Behold! I also used to have an aloe plant, and that was pretty much heaven on earth. I'm looking into attaining another one, but in the mean time, God bless you, Banana Boat.

I also didn't wear a hat to keep the heat/sun off my face, so now I'll have the sunglasses burn that's always so charming. But anyway, by the time I rolled up to the house on my walk, I was exhausted, dehydrated, and sweating (which is saying a lot, because I don't sweat much). But I got in my run/walk despite my foolhardy attempts to take on Nature. I'll be a little more respectful in the future.

I've got a full day tomorrow, despite it being my day off. (We'll see how long I continue to have Mondays off, but that's for another time.) So I'm heading to bed. Good night to everyone who reads, which at this point, is only Matt.