My family has returned home from their trip to rollercoaster world in Florida. They had fun, seem rested and are glad to be home. I managed to accomplish exactly 3/4 of one of the projects on my to do list, but that is better than nothing.

And now, the summer hectic whirlwind begins. Son is in horse camp for two weeks and has tutoring 3 days this week. Miss Teen is plowing through the Eight novels she has to read this summer, studying for driver's ed and beginning to look for a job. Soon, son will be in Creative Arts camp in New Orleans for 5 weeks and we will be back to commuting. My work schedule has changed and is in flux as my substitute physician takes vacation, works in other offices and gets ready to take her kids off to college and boarding school in the fall.

Hurricane Season has officially begun and is the Big Talk on all of the local news channels. I don't even watch that stuff because it gives me a stomach ache. I have a theory that they talk, talk, talk about it so that people will watch the news every night in fearful anticipation of the weather report. My one nod to the opening of Hurricane Season has been to arrange for the latest pine that died to be removed this week as it is verrrryyyyy close to the house.

There have been lots of articles in the paper about preparing for Hurricane season including what to pack in your evacuation box, what papers to keep with you, how to travel with pets and kids, and reviews of the various evacuation routes. People are suprprised, but I still don't think we would evacuate for a storm. Maybe for a category 5, but then again maybe not. I'll worry about that tomorrow.

I do have some things that I would change about what I would do, even staying home. I would never again send my kids out of town without me. I will buy a huge dog carrier to crate the dog so that he can be kept safer than he was last time. I will freeze more containers of fresh water. I will get more cash to keep on hand for the weeks that there is no phone service and therefore no ability to use credit cards. I will still refuse to ride out the storm at the hospital. Call me anything you want, but one of the doctors who stayed at a hospital in New Orleans has been charged with murder (unfairly in my opinion)......I am not taking that chance.

So, summer is here. Let's hope the only hurricanes in our life are our crazy schedules.