My daughter will be 13 in a few weeks.  She skipped a grade in elementary school so her middle-school friends are all a year or two older than she is.  She's been really concerned about her friends of late.  They are seeking out and finding Trouble in the form of
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Our A/C hasn't worked a single day this summer.  During the early weeks, I didn't much care seeing it mostly rained and I was away from home.  In the middle weeks I didn't care either as I was so thirsty for New England humidity upon my return from the arid mountains above SanDiego--so hot and dry I think I nearly burnt myself to the ground.  ( Read more... )