Walked over in tepid soup, made challah, cleaned, made dinner, etc. I made fresh-pack dill pickles with some of the fat garden cucumbers. It was very quiet over there, with everyone in their own room sleeping or reorganizing. Later, the squirrels got out the water slide, and jumped in the pool, also tepid soup.
Y actually initiated a disgruntled conversation with me about why marriage doesn’t work (no arguments here!), which I later realized had something to do with the latest tensions over plans for the kids to spend part of the summer with their mother. Between that, and Avdi’s work causing him a frustrating nonproductive day, and other issues, he was not too happy. Of course it’s all on top of the continuing background of political hell affecting every aspect of life for everyone.
I never did get outside to water, but then lo and behold, it thunderstormed, with tons of rain! It was a scary storm; Y was huddling in fear in his bed, until I coaxed him out. I myself was very pleased at the sudden turn of weather events, as were all my plant friends. This heat wave has been a real killer.
Later, walking home, the sky was this eerie unnatural bright orange, kind of like trump. Nuts!

