I'm a total wreck right now...

Well, maybe not total.

I hate to complain, because we (my family and I) have been so lucky in comparison to so many others. But all this Katrina stuff is pulling at my brain, at my attention. Today's my first day back at the OLL and I'm all but worthless. I needed to get back--to have some semblance of structure and schedule--but I'm all out of whack.

Hmmmm--what do I mean by that?

Well, first off, I've been totally out of the loop. Everyone else apparently reported back last Tuesday while I was still stuck in Savannah (we had no running water nor electricity at home 'til Thursday night, so what was there to come home to?). Anyhow, I'm checking out/listening in on what others are up to and they actually seem to have a plan--something of which I'm missing at the moment. And with no computer access at home thanks to the phone lines still being lackluster at best, I've been out of touch for the most part as far as trying to check in and catch up.

Yeah, I know what you're thinking--that I have little to complain about, considering...

True.

I know that.

I simply wish the storm hadn't happened (like nobody else wishes the same thing)--maybe then, I wouldn't have spent twenty minutes staring at a PowerPoint presentation I'd started putting together pre-Katrina not having a clue where I'd wanted to take it or what I should do with it now.

You know, I hope this isn't an omen of what is to come--but then again, if a storm like that is simply an omen, I'd hate to see what its an omen of!!!

But now I'm rambling. See? I told you my mind is a wreck right now! (But not totally.)