It is almost 10AM in the morning and I just woke up. This is something very unusual for me as I am an "early bird". But as this storm and all the problems associated with it continue I think my sleeping has become an escape. I have no proof that others may be experiencing the same thing but it holds true with my daughter and her family. I can't pinpoint with any accuracy what is happening but for example, if I go to bed at 3AM in the morning, I wake up at 10AM. If I give in to the overwhelming desire to take a nap at 5PM in the afternoon, I wake up at 10AM the next morning. My "take" on this has a very simple answer. Since Katrina there are too many "lacks" in our lives. To be alive is to be antimated with normal chores, normal recreation and a normal hope for the future. When our lives return to "normal" , our bodily clocks will reset.

I oft times experience the feeling that somehow we must be thought of as having caused more problems for our country at a time when the seriousness of Iraq should be the most prevalent issue but, unfortunately, a disaster did happen and our problems are great. I have no doubt that there will be many books written on how we survived Katrina.

We are in a drought and one so bad that it has stripped the humidiity from our air. A great portion of the United States is in drought conditions. There have been tornadoes, sand storms and more hurricanes are likely to threaten all of the coastlines this season. We all live with the horror of the war in Iraq and the murders, child molestations and pornography that are increasing at an alarming rate in our country. When Mississippi cried for the government to help us they responded to many of the issues we have but our problems can overwhelm anyone. There were no rules for the unprecedented, how could there be?

Dave, Anita and I still look for diversion in our lives and we have something planned for next Friday in Mobile, Al. GC Exploreum Science Center