The fires in Big Sur are still out of control and we can smell the smoke even though it’s over 100 miles away.

I thought a loud motor woke me up, but Tom said there wasn’t a sound at all. So now Jesse’s waking me up in my dreams?! Well, I’m sure he will for real tomorrow if the well’s been behaving. Then within 10 days, there’ll be something else. Fortunately, he’s not going to do the deck or the washroom, but he’ll be down to finish the roof before it rains, so in a couple of months. Oh, to be able to go a couple of months without him coming down here! We saw the owners of the Oregon house all of 4 times in the 2 years we were there, but we’ve had to see Jesse a dozen or so times already and we haven’t even been here 3 months yet! Is there something else behind these additions/repairs/problems? Curiosity? Loneliness?

God, please let me win us a house of our own!

Other than that, all is running smoothly enough, but at a rather high temperature. It’s to be over 100º for the next 5 days or more.