This morning was absolutely gorgeous. Sunny, with little gusts of wind that brought down swirls of bright yellow and orange leaves. Just lovely!

Its starting to cloud up a bit, and it is chilly today. Hopefully the rain will hold off until tonight, though. Bill has the first round of the state soccer districts tonight...of course, I will not be able to watch him play, as I will be at work, as usual.

The pharmacist who got deployed to Waco has been calling us every day. It always sounds frantically busy in the background. We are all thinking she might be working very hard and might be missing being at her usual work and her usual coworkers. Not to mention her missing her home and her family. Hopefully she's OK; working 12 hour days every day for two weeks could really grind someone down to nothing...supposedly she will get a week off without having to use her vacation time to recover after she returns home...

Another hurricane hitting Florida today. The natural disasters in the last 12 months are beyond comprehension or belief. The tsunami in the Indian Ocean, the recent earthquake in south Asia, all of the hurricanes and the resulting deaths and damage, not only in the US, but also in Central America. Depressing. Just depressing and tragic and horrible.