It's on us now. Not too bad so far, lots of wind and rain. The mall a block away has lost power, but I still have mine.

"ALL IS WELL."

I can never not hear Kevin Bacon saying that at the end of Animal House.

We're off to the farmer's market soon! It's so awesome -- fruit and veg picked this morning out in Lancaster, mostly on Amish farms. I hear today is free hot dog day, as well, which Sara is jazzed about.

I'd be jazzed about free hot dog day too.

Sorry Early is mucking up your plans.

Today promises to be swelter fest. no. good.

I just ate a bunch of chips for second breakfast. Why, Jesse, why??? I wasn't going to go to DSW today, but now I'd better, just for the walk.

Timelies all!

Gonna hit the library today. Other than that, no plans.

So, last night at like 9:00 PM, K went to suction Grace and the machine wasn't working. It wasn't holding any pressure at all. I took apart everything I could and reassembled. Then I checked the tubing. Played with the suction/tension dial. Nothing.

I then called our DME supplier and the on-call RT called immediately back. Got my info. Called the on-call driver. We had a new-to-us machine by 11:00 PM. It was all irritating but didn't feel full-blown panic! (It helps that we had gotten a donated Very Old suction machine that is stationary)

Keep Calm and Carry On indeed.

In other emergency news, one of the BD moms lives in Christchurch. Reading her news from yesterday reminds me that we do indeed need to put some formula for Grace into the Emergency Kit. Also, two weeks ago a woman who is a caretaker for her brother (who was on o2 and humidification like Grace) lost her husband, mother, and brother in a house fire that was the result of equipment going wonky.

Oh my.

Must go buy fire extinguishers too.

I'm feeling emergency-unpreparedness.

I'm reading an account of post-Katrina NOLA and feeling that, too. Take home message from The Big Uneasy? Don't trust the levees. Don't trust the new pumps. GTFO.

We had a new-to-us machine by 11:00 PM. It was all irritating but didn't feel full-blown panic!

YAY no panic! I'm glad it worked out, even with the irritation.

So far hurricaine season has only given us come cool waves and a little rain. It's a relief.

My Uncle's house has storm shutters and a big-ass automatic generator. In fact, his place is where everyone rides these things out. I have a husband (not my husband, but my cousin's husband who I get to borrow for such things so now I have a husband or at least husband access) to come do the storm shutters even. If we get whomped we're safe as milk... but I REALLY don't want to imagine the kind of anxiety R would go through in a shuttered house with her Daughter and SiL out of town.

This is cool! The proceedings of The Old Bailey online. From 1674 to 1913.