it took me a fair bit to remember that i ran this thursday morning. this is normal, as i frequently can't remember what i did in the morning by the time late evening rolls around. i left the house by 9:50am, which is a little late. i prefer starting my run around 9am, that why i still have some morning left when i get back, plus the weather is cooler the earlier it is. the temperature was already in the lower 80's by the time i started running. it wasn't too bad: 80's is still better than 90's. did you hear that phoenix has had 2 consecutive weeks where the temperature has been 110 degrees or above? that's just crazy. even at nights, the temperature there is still in the 90's. i know it's a desert state, but that's crazy hot. heading out to the river, i saw a bread machine somebody had thrown out. i also spotted a broken robin egg shell.

i stopped by the community garden on my way home. i watered my plants today, as it hasn't rained since monday. my plot is basically on auto-pilot this time of year. i checked my squash vines for borer eggs and did a bit of weeding. otherwise it just kind of runs on its own. i didn't notice that neighboring gardener gretchen has also planted some hyacinth beans on a trellis. i thought i was the only one, i wonder if she was inspired by my beans from last season. not like they're a secret, but it makes me a little bit irked that someone else is growing them. i just need to up my game and find something new to grow for next season.

i got back home around 11:30am. i weighed myself after a shower and saw that i'm slowly inching towards my fighting weight. i had the AC on for most of the early afternoon, but it made me feel guilty, so i turned it off later. i wasn't particularly hungry for lunch, so i finished the rest of of my baby corn with garlic hummus. i went to star market to get some nectarines on sale. i was briefly tempted by doritos and haagen dazs ice cream on sale, but proud i didn't succumb to temptation. no junk food until at least i get my weight down a few pounds. i can still snack, but trying to keep it healthy: baby carrots, tzatziki, fruits. that tandem combination of healthier eating and hot weather running will slim me down in no time.

i didn't do anything else construction today, just lounged around on the sofa chair, surfing youtube videos. i did process photos for a few more retroactive blog posts, but didn't get around to inserting them into the postings themselves.

lauryn came home early - 5:40pm - and immediately started making dinner. i forgot to close my bedroom door but it didn't seem like she was making anything too smoky or smelly, so it wasn't too bad. she was in her bedroom eating by 6pm. i didn't eat until 9pm, steamed a pair of zongzi in the microwave.