Early last week Carol's adviser sent her a note reminding her that she needed to be in NC for her oral defense of her comps. After an initial eeek OMG!!, she settled down and booked her flights. She left Sunday, defended yesterday, came home yesterday eve. She did a great job, so another step on the way to Doctor Carol is finished, the scariest one, I believe.

So, Sunday morning I drove her to DFW airport. The first time I was on the interstate system as a driver, and I had no problems. Last evening, I drove down to Dallas Love field, right in Dallas to collect her, no problems. I was driving in Dallas, thinking to myself, I am driving in Dallas. I know this will be weird sounding, but I actually enjoyed the drive. Part of what made it so wonderful was the gps, I did not have to worry about where to turn, most times. It took a lot of the stress out of the drive, especially when I made it into Dallas. So, if anyone wants to come visit, I can come get you. :) Driving the Corolla there and back was a pleasure.

My life is busy, but not terribly busy.I have hit the midterm slump, but I will slog through the wet stuff (flood warning out for this evening, the soil here is moist and can't hold any more water). I am enjoying being a volunteer reference librarian,and last week I got word back, I will be volunteering as a literacy teacher after the new year.

The weather has moderated here. The last few days I have had the windows open all day and the ac has been mostly off. With luck, our power bill will be much smaller this month.

The squirrels here seem suicidal. I drove around all summer and not one dead one on the road. The last few days, I have seen at least a dozen dead ones. Cooler weather must make them want to hide all their nuts??