So today is the anniversary of... well, you know. There are references to the terrorist attacks everywhere; nearly every day a news report makes reference to them or someone mentions them offhand. I've become a bit hardened; cynical, even; I wonder how many times per week it's mentioned on the news, as sort of an afterthought: "Blah blah blah somestatisticcakes, since 9-11."

The anniversary started creeping up on us, and I got that feeling of dread, and then a feeling of "let's get this over with," and then this morning, nothing... until I took Katie to school. The radio was on and at the end of a song, the DJ comes on and says:

"If you're celebrating a birthday today, our heart goes out to you. Your birthday has been forever altered."

And I lost it.

It's raining today. Since yesterday, in fact. There's been a flash flood watch in effect, which happens pretty much every time it rains for more than a few hours, but I'm hoping that this is a sign our winter will be nice and cool.

This summer was HOT. "Find stuff to do in your air conditioned bedroom" hot. "Don't want to cook tonight sweetie" hot. I'm hoping on Halloween, Katie will need a jacket to go trick-or-treating.

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