Update on the car - it is cool once again.  Fortunately, they didn't charge me to recharge the freon, unfortunately, they couldn't find a leak.  They did add a dye, so if I end up toasty again soon they might stand a chance of seeing where everything is escaping at.

I also wanted to post because of someone on my mind.  It's about an old classmate.  The other day another person in the Altoona group posted stating they found photos in her sister's things, they'd like to get to the others in them, she was in my class.  Of course I had to click through to figure out if I knew who it was - and lo and behold it was one of the few gals that were in elementary with me.  Breast cancer.

Sure I hadn't spoken to her in forever, but it is sticking with me.  I had looked for her on Facebook a while back, not finding her.  But now I see she joined last year, maybe after being diagnosed?  Who knows.  Regardless, she's been on my mind.  RIP SL.  I'll always remember that when my father passed away, you and your dad were the rare ones of my classmates that reached out with sympathies.  I remember your humor and personality.  I wish we had had a chance to catch up, if only to see what you were up to through facebook.

Today I returned my sister to the airport.  Avery and I will miss having her here visiting.  She's always quite the help, and it's nice to have someone to chat with.

Another fun update - the air conditioning in the car has NOT been working right.  I have had it cranked down to LOW (62 degrees) and blasting air, but I still sweat.  I realized today it doesn't matter if the A/C button is pushed or not, so maybe it isn't working at all.  I think it was a slow progression down to nothing.  I feel a bit like a frog in a pot of water set to boil.  I scheduled an appointment at the dealership yesterday, but the soonest appointment was next week.  Let's pray it isn't a scorcher.

I asked if the air is under warranty and their answer was it depends on what is wrong with it.  Seriously?  Aw hell no.

Time for some catching up.  Danika celebrated her 13th birthday on the 14th, marking 11 years here with me just a few days prior.  She is doing well, but does sometimes shiver in her hind legs and seem to have some periodic struggles with all of the stairs.  She's also either started not hearing me as well or just not caring as much when I call her - I believe it to be the later.  Saffy on the other hand is her normal crazy self.  They're both shedding like crazy right now, so keeping things tumbleweed free has been quite the challenge.

We did a cake smash photo session last Saturday and a family photo/first birthday photo session today.  The weather has been so sticky and hot combined with frequent rain and thunderstorms.  Meh.  This made standing outside today for an hour a bit sticky.  Avery has been cranky for these photo sessions, but I'm hopeful we got some good shots.  There are some decent shots of her despite her unhappiness last weekend - including one that beautifully captures the current color of her eyes.

All of this rain also means my lawn, I use that word loosely, is insane.  Mostly it is comprised of weeds again - despite the seeding.  It's rather frustrating.  The weeds in the flower beds are a bit obscene too - including one I pulled yesterday that was easily 3 feet tall.  How are they doing this in the mulch and getting through the weed barrier?  When I pull them it lifts the barrier and it is getting exposed and looking less than great.

Finally, something I want to moan a little about to the world.  Today, after our photos we stopped for a treat (ice cream).  As I get out of the car I immediately see a dog in a truck.  It's 80 degrees out.  I don't care if the windows are cracked, that's so not ok.  There was a state senate law that I believed passed regarding this, but clearly, our local police don't seem to agree.  I called... they came... he told me "it's only a dog" and because the dog didn't seem to be in distress it wasn't animal abuse.  I hope this guy doesn't work with the K9 unit at all.

It feels like another season of running is upon me.  I had an all clear at the dentist last week, another trim on Monday evening, and a trip to the eye doctor yesterday.  At the eye doctor I went ahead and had them do the 'extra tests' that are never covered on insurance to get a baseline since, let's be honest, I'm not getting any younger.

Of course, they see a mole/freckle on the back of my left eye, which means I need to go back again in six months to redo the tests to make sure it isn't growing/changing.  He also broached the subject of progressives, which I am SO not ready for any time soon.  I did order new frames from the Paws and Claws collection for my new prescription.  I'm glad trends are moving back towards slightly larger glasses as to not highlight that my brows are uneven.  At one point my one eye (left I believe) had returned to not needing correction, but we're moving back in the other direction again.