Continuing Heat

Not yet 8 a.m. and it's 75 degrees outside. Yuck. Normally our high temperatures at this this time of year are in the low 80s; we're expecting 103 today.  The heat and winds yesterday caused the High Park fire to jump the Poudre Canyon and head north again. Ten homes were lost yesterday, and the fire is estimated at almost 70,000 acres, only 45% contained...  
  My kits spent most of the time yesterday inside - either sprawled on the cool tile floor, or on the cat tree, catching the "wind" from the fans I have running.  Both went out into the back yard about 5:30, but came in willingly when I called them at 9:30.  I had problems getting to sleep due to the heat, and Lovey's announcement that it was time to get up (at 5 a.m) was not welcome.  Then she insisted on talking to me continuously until I did get up, at 6:30.  Nancy came over last night, because Ramsah, her black cat insisted on visiting us.  Ramsah  just walks into the apartment and helps herself to any food that appeals to her.... 
   A 19-year-old CU student was declared missing Thursday night, after a friend became concerned because the young man hadn't been in class all week.  He couldn't get the friend to answer his cell phone; so he went to the Boulder police.  The boy's family hadn't heard from him since Sunday, when he said something to them about hiking the ridge behind NCAR.  His body was found yesterday by a search and rescue team.  An autopsy will be done today.
   I am about to turn on TVG so that I can see the great Black Caviar run at Royal Ascot, in her debut in English racing.  She is facing another Aussie-bred, and horses bred in Kentucky, France, Great Britain and Ireland.  I hope she's had time to acclimate!
   Hoping you have a nice weekend....