What an exciting week! I don't need to repeat that anytime soon. Bridget was in the ER in Madison on Saturday with severe pain in her left side. Again, for the third time in her young life, she had a cat scan, a pelvic exam and an ultrasound and had several possible diagnoses thrown at her, but at 9PM, she got released with orders to see her family doc on Monday. He took one look at the records and said he thought it was a kidney stone, so she was relieved. She doesn't take pain meds well, so she had only had a couple doses at the hospital and then used ibupropen. She went back to school Tuesday. We may never get her to another ER, but hopefully she won't need it again. She was most mad about missing the Ohio State game. The crowd was yelling as we left Merritor Hospital. We are obviously glad it was no worse than that and she got orders to drink more water.

The combination of this bizarre campaign and the economic meltdown has been very unnerving. Jay's business has been doing nothing and we lost another therapist to a real job, so he is down to two people, including himself and very few phone calls. No one is interested in paying for therapy. His major job has been dealing with FEMA and the Small Business Administration with the flood aftermath. That has been helpful, but not a long term solution. Not too many job prospects in the AODA field either. The kids are getting sick of hearing me admonish them to watch their pennies, but they are doing it.

Sorry they don't blog, but they aren't communicating much other than the occasional text message. The classes are keeping them quite busy and the weather has been pretty good, so they are out and about when they can be.

We have enjoyed the last couple of weeks of nice weather and have been taking advantage of the last few opportunities to golf after work and on weekends. We opted to stay home this weekend and get the boats and pier out before the weather turns nasty. Lots of folks out boating so we had some nice visits with neighbors as we did our chores.

David's news was the capper on a great week, unfortunately. We can provide as much moral support and free therapy as you want to use! Words just don't seem adequate for that situation!

We have been enjoying watching Rachel Maddow and Keith Overman on MSNBC on weeknights. Of course they don't like McCain or Palin, so we enjoy their descriptions of the craziness of the preceeding day. I am feeling a bit more confident about the election, if I allow myself to.

Well, I have a pretty busy week ahead so should get to bed. Love to everyone and let's hope we all come through this! Susan