Awful to hear about campers being lost in the flash flood on the Guadalupe. I know a 26' rise is unheard of, but still, was there no flash-flood forecast, were local weather and fema officials not clearing people from river campgrounds, even if it had been a lower rise predicted?? If anything like that had been approaching M'sippi, the broadcast weather guys would have been screaming from the rooftops for people to get out of flood zones, never mind deputies allowing riverside camping.

Well there was nothing to celebrate this fourth, nation-wise. Personally, I was so undone by the week's little disasters (floor-flooding washer caused by drain line problem, etc.) I just wanted to be left alone and quietly putter around doing things I moved here to be able to do, instead of incessant cleaning, repair, and money issues, with no privacy from people who do repairs. Dropped it into low-low gear, and feel better now having had a quiet day.

PSA: feeling particularly irritable and sleepless, discovered both the B6 and B12 I had been taking have outrageously high dosages, known to cause above problems.   I don't know what these boobs are thinking; but I suspect if a compound is cheap to make, they just load in whatever amount will fit in the capsule or tablet mold.