no fomo here

[from saturday]

ok, so it's even more humid and hot and my california "but it's a DRY heat" sensibilities are in a snit. the flies are HORRID and our poor horses are afraid to go out of their clean(ish) and shop-fanned stalls into the OUT because the flies just swarm them. 

they were not this bad last year. then again, our mosquitos this year are not AS bad as last year. added to the mix this year are blister beetles which are, basically, fuckers and can cause problems in horses (because why not add ANOTHER thing that can kill a horse?), so i've been murdering the beetles as i can and checking hay pretty carefully. 

and it's HUMID. swampy nether regions, swampy non-nether regions, swampy everything. 

there's a summer solstice barn dance that's going on and i sent mister and kid off; no way am i being outside without a very defined and short term purpose. i'll go next year...unless this is what i'm dealing with, then NOPE again. 

tomorrow is going to be our hottest day this week (in a few days we're back in the 60s, supposedly) and we're planning on going kayaking on the river. i can't tell if that's a good idea or a not good idea....the stretch we're looking at is a 4 hour paddle, so it's not like i can stop 30 mins in and go home. 

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