Things have sucked for me lately. My mom died after a 2+ year battle w/ pancreatic cancer. The end came quickly, in just a weeks time, and really left me reeling. It was the most difficult thing I've ever been through. A week later I went back to work for the year - I have summers off from my 'real' job. We've been working hard to get my 13 yo daughter's ADHD and bipolar under some sort of control, too. Then a few weeks ago I came home and my puter - that wasn't very old - was DEAD. Luckily I have an external HD and my photos are safe. So, I shipped the puter off to HP for repair and promptly blew up the puter my daughter usually used. I decided that after ALL that - I was getting a new puter for my b-day - just a little early. As I was getting it all set up, the other one back and set up here came the rain. Torrential rain!! We've had record breaking flooding. It has been HORRIBLE. Luckily my house is high and dry - the the devestation is mind boggling. I just cry when I hear the stories. Our friends were evacuated and spent last night with us. I ended up with self diagnosed depression. Is it any wonder? I got some stuff from the health food store and it is helping. I'm back to the land of the living. I'll have to get busy and post some photos...haven't taken a lot - but I have some to share. I'll do that in the next days. So - that's where I've been if anyone wondered!