Things that suck

(1) Feeling lousy with a really nasty summer cold (which Gretchen has)...

(2) ...that results in her having to make a trip to Urgent Care (where we are becoming regulars) for treatment of pinkeye (and no, for those who saw "Knocked Up", there was no farting on pillows involved)...

(3) ...while your husband is still incapable of lifting your daughter above his waist because of his separated shoulder...

(4) ...and this advisory just came up on the Weather Channel:

HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 8 PM EDT SATURDAY...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...

A BERMUDA HIGH WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC THROUGH MONDAY AND A WEST TO SOUTHWEST FLOW AROUND THIS HIGH WILL BRING HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS. HIGH TEMPERATURES ACROSS MOST OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA AS WELL AS THE BALTIMORE AND WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREAS WILL REACH THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 90S EACH DAY. THE HOT TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY WILL CAUSE HEAT INDICES TO APPROACH 105 DEGREES SATURDAY AFTERNOON. HEAT INDICES MAY APPROACH 110 DEGREES SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.