Day of Wages, 64th of Summer, 525 M.E. (Helios): The A.C.'s been repaired. I was right - it was residue and scale in the condensate line, backing up the drain and triggering the float switch to "off." The technician, a Buddhist gentleman from Viet Nam as it turns out, cleared the line with some compressed air and poured cleaner through the pipe to break down the scale. 

It's good that he got here when he did - the high temperature today was 96°, but with the humidity (42%) it felt like 105°. Hottest day of the year (so far). I even scratched my walk today, even though it's Helios, officially a walking day. 

Also, I barely slept last night. Anxiety about the tech showing up between 8:00 and 12:00, the earlier part of that range being very early for me, had me worried about oversleeping, and as a result I hardly slept at all. Eliot jumped on my bed around 4:00 am, meowing loudly that he wanted his head scratched, and then just as I was finally getting back to sleep, my phone pinged at 6:15 am with a scam text message ("Dear User: You must pay your HOV violation  fines NOW to avoid your license getting revoked and incurring additional penalties." Yeah, right.). The tech called at 7:30 am to tell me he'd be there at 8:00 am sharp, which he did. The repair was complete and my system working by 9:30, but I was way too tired and low-energy to attempt an eight-mile walk in that killer heat.

That's the second walk in a row that I've missed - I didn't want to walk on Saturday because I didn't want to come home all hot and sweaty after being out walking and find my house unbearably warm. Still, I'm ahead of where I was at this point last year total mileage-wise, so I can afford to skip a day (or two) and avoid heat stroke.