It was incredibly hot and humid again yesterday. I went in a little later than usual, so I could pick beans. They were very prolific and wonderful. I put them in the sink for Ray to freeze. He was feeling a little tired, so didn't come to town with me.

We had our staff meeting. Beth, the president of the board, invited us all to lunch. I went to the bank first. When we all got to the restaurant, we decided the only way we could all sit together was to go out on the deck. There were umbrellas to keep off the sun. I had gazpacho and bread and a blueberry muffin. I had a training at 1:30, so had to leave early and I was glad to have an excuse to get in my air-conditioned car. The training was about training, which is of course what I was just studying as an IT grad student. It was review for me and it wasn't awesome. There were only 8 participants and they didn't contribute as much as some classes. But all the same, I got kind of excited about creating training for new volunteers, interns, and staff.

Fortunately, it didn't last until 4:30 as advertised. I left a little after 3. Ray was still tired and just starting to work on the beans. We froze 2 pints. After a while, we made dinner together. It was delicious. There was thunder and dark clouds all evening. I went to Sky's house for a meeting about the community center. I took my umbrella, but no rain. Finally, about 9, the rain started. Thank goodness, now I don't have to water the garden this morning. And it cooled off some, but we didn't open the windows becuase of the humidity. Now the air conditioning is running again, before it is even light.