Lots of panting

At my house. Me included (no no no not THAT kind of panting - WAY too hot for THAT!). Emily gets cooled off in the sprinkler every night, but everybody else is pretty much suffering. We're trying to keep the central AC set pretty high, and we have a window unit in the bedroom which we turn on at night. I have to share that with Ruby, as she lays on the bed RIGHT in front of it. Even with that the electricity bill I got over the weekend was - gulp - over $300. Yes, indeedy, it's gonna be a long LONG summer.