It was so freakishly, insanely hot last nite that I flopped back and forth on my leather couch dying, unable to fall asleep. (No way I was going upstairs to bed; that’s even worse!) I looked over at the densely-furred Dodo, sleeping soundly on the floor, and wondered whether he was actually dead from heat exhaustion. I had windows and doors open, but there was no breeze. I think it was in the muggy low 100s until 4am. At some point in the middle of the night I rummaged through the guest bathroom medicine cabinet, thinking I might have a spray bottle in there somewhere so that I could mist myself, and found a Citrus Punch Body Splash (with moisturizing Aloe Vera!) in a little spray bottle from Bath & Body Works. I spritzed myself down, then spritzed the air in the bathroom, hallway, living room, dining area. I think it helped and I fell asleep soon, only to be awakened by an irritated “grrr” from Dodo as he crinkled up his sensitive cat nose and darted into the kitchen to get away from all the Citrusy goodness.

Poor cat, it was a bad evening for him. I ran a bunch of errands after work and got home late to find that the garage door had been open all day for some reason. I ran in and the cat seemed fine, and my house appeared uninvaded. He yelped and complained about the heat, and I figured he’d enjoy some ice, so I put 5 squares of ice cubes in one of his cat dishes, put the dish under his nose so he can sense the coldness, and I placed it on the floor for him. He eagerly lapped at the ice cubes, except that because I stupidly didn’t put any water in the dish, Dodo’s tongue got stuck on an ice cube. He made a protesting sound deep in his throat, shot his head back spilling the dish a little, and shook the ice cube off. Altho I added water to the ice after that, he wanted nothing to do with it anymore.