I didn't think about Oregon being even hotter than here in Washington, and also not used to such conditions. The library where I work is crammed with people getting out of the heat. Usually the summer quarter sees most people studying outside but right now it looks like finals week during the academic year. We've had faculty teaching in the open areas of the library because their classrooms are broiling hot.

I dread walking into my house because no matter what I do to heavily block the windows, the heat pounds into my home which is set into a hill and day by day the heat builds. It was 95F when I got home yesterday. And my stupid cats, instead of moving down to the daylight basement and lying on the cold concrete floor, were all lying comatose on polarfleece throws. I would love to have my deck doors open all night, even though our nights are now in the high 60's, but I can't because we have bats in the area. Not that I don't like bats, and very useful creatures they are too, but they are the main carriers of rabies in the state of Washington.

Last night I slept (sort of) with a bottle of frozen water on top of my head. At work we keep comparing notes on how much sleep we are getting during this work week. So, far I've had four nights of 3 hours, some people have managed 4 hours a night - lucky devils.