Thanks Amos. PTSD is a freaky thing and I know it doesn't make any or at least much sense to those who don't experience it. But for those who do, the fears are very real.

On a lighter note, I found the most delux laundromat I've ever seen last week. It had literally dozens of machines, including double and even 3X size dryers, front loader washers, and something I've never seen before: a centrifuge for stuff that is washed in the front loaders. The sign on the machine says it cuts drying time in half.

Normally I'm a complete laundry slob, and I don't bother with sorting or any of that stuff. But at the delux laundromat, there was almost a reverent feeling toward the doing of laundry. And since there were so many machines (and not very many people using them), I was able to really take my time with the shaking out and folding procedures. I really got into the zen of laundry doing and the being-here-nowness of laundry. I even shook each piece of laundry before putting it into the dryer.

You should have seen JtS' shirts when they came out of the dryer. Not a wrinkle in any of them. That's a first for me.

It's definitely fall here in Michigan. I guess it's going to feel a bit strange to go from a place where winter is just around the corner, back to Alabama where summer will just be ending (probably in late November).

We're probably going to go back to Canada for maybe a week or two in October. We'll be visiting famiily, and hopefully connecting with friends while we're there. We'll also probably be going to Niagra Falls to celebrate our first wedding aniversary. I've never been to Niagra Falls. Should we book the honeymoon suite with the heart shaped bed and the champagne glass shaped hot tub?

I hope JtS is right and the border guards didn't take the CD with my computer files on it. That CD had all of my PMs from LR Mole stored on it.