Thank you all for the well wishes. This working nights gets in the way of a lot of things, and that was the delay in my checking in...That and a new system and a secretary who decided to take off, so I had a brand new system I had to work with (which I actually kind of liked when I got used to it) and I had to do the secretaries job as well as mine to do. I had no spare time for quite a while there. Eighteen years is long enough to work nights. Rita, I've always lived where there was a tornado "season". The closest I have actually been to one was one block...Plenty close enough. Friday night there were three people killed by the storm that had passed south of to us...It did only tree and power line damage here (I wish it had blown a few more limbs out of the big oak tree in back). The town where it hit is only 50 miles from us. Another one hit in Tuscaloosa which is much closer, so it was not a good night, but we were truly blessed. kay

JULIA: They are saying some parts of New York may get 2 feet of snow from this storm, too. Winds on the back side of it.Every one in its path, please stay safe and away from trees.Hope all of you are prepared for power outage with food and water and heat to be warm. Let us all know how you are as soon as possible and we will be praying for your safety. RITA" I am glad you are on the north shore of Long Island, since the weather channel says the south shore will be hit with 20 foot waves..They been saying all day about how dangerous this storm is. Jean

I'm so glad the person who hurt and killed completely innocent people on Monday and yesterday will now face justice. And I'm so thankful that the people of Boston can breathe a little easier tonight. Great job by all the officers and investigators!

As hard as it is to read this, I hope it helps you just a little to write it all down. I had to stop reading halfway through then pick up again--stranger and much more awful than fiction, for sure. I'm so very glad you had help and wonder how you can possibly hold up; Jody too. Oh, Marilyn. (I did smile just a little at your cussing. Must have felt good. Some people chatter on and on when they're nervous or scared.)