Back to normal

Big relief - we are back to normal. The past couple of days have been brutal. With outside temperatures close to 100 degrees, there were not many places to escape the heat. One of them, the beautiful Crane beach, north of Boston. Something we never experienced before: Parking lot full on a Sunday in early June, and even the water looked tempting despite 53 degrees ocean temperature.



Unfortunately, on Monday and Tuesday the kids had to go to school. No AC there. The superintendent of our schools told parents they could keep their kids home. It would count as excused absence. The college, where I'm teaching, also has no AC and it felt even at night like being in a baking oven. A few students left early because of the heat - to be honest, I envied them....