Dear Internet,

I know, I skipped posting for a day or two. Thank you for noticing. Thank you for not swearing like a sailor yelling in a loud voice in your emails. Speaking of emails, do I owe you one? I will send it. Ditto for phone calls. Also, the check is in the mail.

Here's today's sunrise, the first spill of sun on the horizon.

Ahhh, better now.

So, why are things fraying a teensy bit around the edges? Nothing major really, nothing too big, just the fact that Phase Three of the Great Remodel of '09 has begun and my bedroom is torn up and I'm living out of boxes and sleeping in the study and the cat just had a $200 vet visit and the truck has a flat tire and and oh! Is that a deadline pounding on my door?