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It was a rare day off in the middle of the work week.

What to do? What to do?

My husband had called dibs on the computer and I had already caught up on the antics of the Real Housewives of both New York and New Jersey.

The only thing left to do was go out and get into a fight.

Actually, fighting topped my list, trumping reading online pop culture blogs, trumping even shopping for clothes I don’t need.

Beyond anything else I felt the need to fight - fight for peace, for the shalom of my soul.

What you eat affects your ability to sleep. Avoid eating pasta and meat casserole late in the evening. Carbohydrates and protein, as well as sugary desserts can disturb restful sleep and may even keep a person awake. Sugar products can be related to moodiness and a racing mind. Poor digestion can be related to getting less sleep. Catnip/lemon balm tea and taking one tablespoon of apple cider vinegar with honey or Alovera Juice for indigestion.   

Although milder temperatures this week are certainly welcome, it will be some time before we forget the string of triple-digit temperatures and the lack of rain we have suffered through during the last month.

Even before June began, Kentucky was on track for an especially dry year.  The rainfall from January through May was almost half of what the state got during the same period in 2011, and there have only been two years since 2000 that have been drier.

July may not be a time normally associated with a rush of legislative activity, but in a key way, no month is busier.

That’s because it marks the beginning of the state’s fiscal year, and it also is when most of the new laws adopted earlier in the year by the General Assembly take effect.  Unless there is an emergency clause or another specified date, all enacted bills officially go on the books 90 days after the end of a legislative session.  This year, that falls on July 12th.