brr.

it's chilly today. they tell us it's not supposed to get much above 60F, which is quite chilly for early September. And it was over 80 on Thursday! Temperature swings like that annoy my back, and since it was already annoyed.... It did get much better on Tuesday -- the muscles relaxed enough that I was able to move 'just right' and resettle the bits that got shifted last Monday -- but there's always some residual soreness. Temperatures are supposed to warm as the week goes on, so maybe I'll be able to get into the garden then....

Yesterday, I got caught in the traffic snarls that come when the President of the US comes to town. I didn't know he was coming (not sure how, but maybe they didn't publicise it), and merrily went off upon errands. I came out of my last stop, and the freeway ramps were all blocked off. So I tried the surface streets, and the overpasses in that direction were closed. So I tried to go the other other way, and there was construction kerfuffle -- construction equipment blocking an "open" driveway so that the panel truck returning to the supply center couldn't get in until the equipment was moved. Fortunately, I didn't attempt the other other other way, because that would have been hard stopped, as that route goes right past the building where he was appearing. It took over an hour to get home, on a trip that usually takes 25 minutes. Whee?