Other good news for me, it's all about me, is Hurricane Ike looks to be staying further south rather than originally thought. What a great relief, and not that I wish evil on anyone else, I'm so glad it probably won't have Orange Park in its bull's eye. Next in line is Josephine, and I pray again that she stays away from my house! The bulk of my concern is that I'll be away when all the storms are threatening and I hate the thought of making extra work for my neighbors. I'm going to leave Justin with names and phone numbers for "just in case" scenarios. He's talked me into allowing him to come up to WI at the end of my stay so, for a long weekend, my home will be left in the loving care of my neighbors and Dee.
The weather man just reported the highest wind gust here being 29 mph in Orange Park. It's been relatively calm here all day, with only a few sprinkles during the day. I ran some errands this morning, including a trip to Office Max, a bad place for me to go, since I love office supplies a great deal. I bought more hanging files as well as the tabs which mark the top of the file, plus a pack of AA batteries, since they were available near the check out. They always get ya at the register!
After getting my supplies, I stopped at the cemetery to pick up the withered bouquet. Strangely, I felt a bit of relief about not having all that stuff there to pack up in case the storms come here, as I usually had to do. Huh, what do you know? Traffic was light on Blanding so it didn't take me long to get to the car dealership to pick up Jennifer. She was having some work done on the car and we decided to have breakfast while waiting. At Grumpy's, we had a delightful meal, and later met some of my Art Guild friends. They were talking about their entries in the show, too, saying to not take it personally if work isn't juried in to a show. Maybe I should call them to report my good news, or perhaps, they already know it!
