Mungo Jerry's got nothin' on me

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Wotta day! Both Otis and I are hanging out on the bottom floor of the townhouse, cuz it's the coolest place to be right now (and I don't mean hip). And after such a sultry summer day, cool is what we want to be. Every window in the house is open and we're trying to get the temperature down so we can do it all over again tomorrow.

We didn't let this weather slow us down, though. Well, actually it did slow us down quite a bit - who wants to move fast when it's ninety? But it didn't stop us, nosiree.

After brekkies, we loaded up the bikes and rode out to Magnuson Park. We found some dappled shade, I did some school reading, Otis swam in the lake, we had a picnic lunch - I even had an ice cream sammich from the ice cream guy. We rode there (and back) through Ravenna Park instead of taking the roller-coaster hill; it was an easier ride and much shadier.

When we got home we set up the "pool" in our "yard." The water was still pretty darn cold a little while ago, but it will sure be refreshing. (And Otis put tea-tree oil in the water, so it's practically the Fountain of Youth.)

Mighty Mel came by in the afternoon and we all headed up to Volunteer Park (with a stop for grub at an eerily empty IHOP) for a badminton soiree hosted by Dingo and Sachet. These two ladies were the catalysts for a heckuva good time! Johnbai, O, Soapy, Smilin' Silvio, and Erryk were there, as well as a whole bunch of folks I didn't know and some I sorta knew or more-or-less actually met, such as Yogabutter and Sushi-gal. There was shuttlecocking and frisbee-flying galore as we socialized, noshed, drank plenty of water (thanks, Soapy!) and sweated a lot, even in the shade of some convenient trees. What a nice way to pass a summer's day!

And so we're not completely textual, here's a funny photoshop courtesy of worth1000.com: