Help!!! I am burning out ...! Each time I do put a post up I feel that it will be my last as I have been covering happenings in our area since November 05. I have manually copied my writings and am in the process of backing up all the pics I have taken. Kodak put all I had there on a CD (1,036). So now I will get Photo Bucket and Shutterfly to do the same. Our areas are still in need of intervention. Sure casinos are "popping" up all over but that is not helping the people that are in need. When I speak of need I am talking about housing... they have the basic necessities. Volunteers have virtually stopped coming in great numbers. There are apartments scattered around in all the counties but note the word often used in news articles... affordable. All people are not in the same financial category. Then there are the people who have come into our area to "cash in" on our misfortune. The simpliest job has a high price tag. Personally, I have found that saying I have a thyroid problem is undermining the disease that I was unfortunate enough to contract. The synthroid tablet I take every day has done wonders taking the extreme fatigue away but it does nothing to stop an attack on some other part of the body. It now is "messing" with my joints. How crazy an auto immune disease is ... it doesn't recognize the cells in my body and attacks as something foreign. Gee! We have been getting rain and at first my flowers were flourishing ... now they are drowning. It is a trade-off though because the lawn has improved. Why can't I have both? Because of the rain, the beach fireworks were postponed until Saturday in Pascagoula. It didn't stop the locals .. as the neighborhood and surrounding area was like that of a war zone. Afterall, it was the Fourth of July! I am just documenting with this post. I know from time to time that I will be back. The pic below is of a Chevron gas station and convenience store on Ingalls Avenue.