Post storm update

We received a few phone calls to inquire how we were doing in the storm so I thought a short update might be in order. It began raining Friday before we woke up. I watched the storm develop through my window at work throughout Friday. Mostly it was just continuous rain but there were some decents winds as well. It continued to rain all through Friday and into Saturday. It rained all day Saturday and most of Sunday.

After the rain stopped, we got a chance to look around. We are on a higher area so we did not have any real flooding to speak of. The endless rain or perhaps the winds demolished our marigold patch, splitting some of the stems in half and trampling others flat. We had tree debris on our lawn and driveway but no large branches came down around us that we saw. All in all, I would have to say we made out pretty well given the endless rain and the damage some other places in Florida suffered.

Nothing else to report. I have been working all weekend (and am at work now at about 3am) to finish a few urgent projects. I hope that once they are done I will have a few days to focus on other things. I enjoy my job, but I do not enjoy when it occassionally dominates my personal time, like now.

I recently had the most interesting dream I can remember having in ages. Long story short, I was with a bunch of old friends and there was a moment in it where I stopped and looked around and felt a deep sense of contentedness. A sort of "I can't believe how good I feel right now" feeling. What was strangest to me is that I don't remember when I last felt that way while awake. I am generally a happy person and I certainly haven't felt perpetually sad lately. But I think I miss being around a large group of good friends more than I realize day to day.

We were sad to hear that Uncle Jack passed on. We have been thinking of him and Aunt Mary and will continue to do so.