The Nine Days, No Swimming!

I could certainly use a good swim, even if the water's cold. But it's the "nine days" and swimming isn't on the menu.

All the clothes have been laundered before Rosh Chodesh, the first of the month of Av.

I feel like I'm swimming in sweat, all wet. Not pleasant. No, the house isn't air conditioned, just a fan and the shades are down. And the ceiling fan doesn't work. And I think that a mosquito attacked me last night. And my head is wet, although I just had my hair cut pretty short before the Three Weeks.

I'm wondering if I should just let the strawberries die, dry up. So much water and I can't remember the last time we actually had some to harvest...

Sorry for the summer kvetches and rants...