Your email came in yesterday afternoon, Tripathy--and as usual, it was worth the wait. I spent most of my library shift last night rewriting and rearranging things--depending on the traffic in the library today, I should have Chapter 43 ready for public consumption sometime before 2 PM. By the way--I haven't forgotten the street scene. Perish the thought!
On heat--yup, the AC around here is working overtime, and my van is refusing to start until the second or third try--summer in Indiana. Local forecast says it's going to hit 95 F/35 C today, and the current humidity reading is 61%. Marching band practice, anyone? (I learned a long time ago that heat and humidity don't matter--if you've had a recent dip in a decorative fountain and you've got the meltwater from ice cubes under your hat running down your ponytail. If you're dripping wet, outside air feels dry--as long as it isn't actively raining.) High heat and humidity are normal for this area, though--it's not for ya'll, is it? I know a lot of buildings in New England doesn't have AC--like buildings in Florida that don't have much in the way of heating systems.
Another useful tip--wrap a few ice cubes up in a dishtowel and put it around your neck, along the inside of your arm, or any other place there are lots of big blood vessels close to the skin. It helps--and replacing the ice gives you a reason to walk around and get a little air moving past your face.
On midsummer repairs--I'm expecting the law school's AC to freeze up any day now. And of course, the system, which isn't exactly a Pentium, if you get my drift, thinks that the best way to rectify a freeze-up of the air conditioner is to turn on the heater. So not only to we get no AC, we also get unwanted heat until the building people can shut down the whole system, sweep up the mess in the machine room, and de-ice the pipes.
On climbing over stuff--hey, that's my apartment!
You might be hearing from me again before the week's out, Tripathy--shooting is proceeding apace.
--Liz