As of this morning, Ivan appears to be heading west, away from the FL peninsula - let's keep thinking him westward. Not that I have a grudge against Louisiana, but we've had our share of hurricanes in the past month, it's time for someplace else to catch one. Girlchild and her friends have a contingency evacuation plan in place - pile in the car and head for Savannah for a midweek vacation. By tonight they should have a better idea about whether that's going to be necessary.

Yesterday was a quiet day, I did as little as possible - church, coffee, laundry, a little grocery shopping. The supermarket has almost fully restocked after regaining normal electrical power, I was able to buy most of what I wanted. Whoo-hoo. I worked on the second front panel of the Galway cardigan, which is coming along quickly. I should have done backyard work, but by 1 p.m. it was pouring rain again, and after the rain passed the steamy heat and humidity was enough to take your breath away, literally - I stayed inside. It's just insanely hot and wet here, we are getting no break as we move into mid-September. I am half-hoping that when Ivan passes through the Gulf it will pull all this very wet air with it and leave us with lower humidity after it passes, for at least a day or two. That' how hurricanes used to work, but it seems like something is different these days. We've had exceptionally heavy daily rain every day post-Frances. I'm glad my roof isn't leaking.

Lots to do this week, including focusing more energy on finishing knitting projects and less on online yakking. I want to whip up at least one baby set from that pink Softball cotton, to donate to the Fall Festival - that's a month away so I really need to get cracking on it. I have lots of catnip mice that just need to be loaded up with catnip, and those bright granny squares I made last summer will be put together into a toddler-sized afghan. I've volunteered to work the festival too - our Fall Festival is a BIG deal, live bands, restaurants set up sit-down dinner tents, a beer garden, dancing - it draws a lot of the community. I'm looking forward to it, it will be a blast.

Anyway, I plan to focus on working out, storm cleanup, and finishing projects for donation, and quit frittering away time online. I'd gotten sucked into political discussions on Knitter's Review, and of course no good can come of that. It's so depressing - the polarization, the self-righteousness, the smug "I've got mine, screw everybody else!" attitude among certain individuals (I was called a socialist for wanting to fund public schools adequately), it's just ugly. The weirdest part is that at least some of these girls are younger than my kids! Whatever happened to the idealism of youth? Instead of Bright Young Things, excited about the possibilities of the world, they are just Bitter Little Things. Sad, very sad - I can only hope that life experience changes them, but I suspect it will just make them more bitter. Anyway, I'm outta there for the next week, I have wasted enough of my precious free time. I have things to do, and talking to those people accomplishes nothing at all.