The Daily Bug 

Hi, Caro.

Wouldn't ya know it? Just when you have an outdoor event planned.

I think ya'll will be OK. The forecast in Columbia for tomorrow is about 20% chance of rain. I think most of the effects will be along the coast.

Who knows what Sandy will do overnight? She may track further off shore from us than they expect.

A real late check in today.

Thanks to everyone for stopping by. Ylee, Shore, Sandi, Finn, Caro and everyone earlier in the week.

I've had my computer on since early this morning but laundry, fixing dinner and whatnot all seemed to keep me from sitting down to say anything.

It got a bit gusty Friday night but no rain until yesterday. And that was barely .10 of an inch, all told. It was damp, chilly and breezy but no real hard wind.

I'm sure we got lots more beach erosion. The local surfers were happy, though.

I washed two loads of clothes yesterday afternoon and hungs things inside but waited until today to do the majority of it. There was a nice breeze but the sun didn't come out for good until earlier this afternoon.

As you all know, I've been having some issues with WU from my work computer. I'm still getting that 'running script' message and WU takes forever to load, when updating, moving from blog to blog, etc. I talked briefly with our IT guy and he wasn't aware of any network issues. He told me a couple of tricks to try but they didn't do any good. He said it was probably my computer. So far, WU is the only website I'm having issues with. If the entire thing would crash, they'd give me a new one. They've already had to repair this one about a year ago. Got the 'blue screen of death' and they had to wipe the hard drive and reload it all.

Wu is fine at home. But my eyes are giving me fits.

But I've finally realized that I have to get my eyes checked. I've been having an increasing number of headaches and eyestrain on the computer at work. Working on the computer is all we do. I'm also having issues reading. At least, at home, I can put books down or not get on the computer, when it gets to be too much. I've called and gotten an appt with our Opthalmology Dept but the earliest opening on the main campus isn't until Nov 13th. I could have gotten something sooner over at the Mt. Pleasant office but that takes too much time..

I probably need new prescriptions. The last couple of times I'd gotten my vision checked, it hadn't changed enough to do new specs. I'll need two pair. One for regular pair for everyday use and then a pair for working on the computer. I've had two sets like that for a while, now.

Now, to figure out which bank to rob to pay for them. Single lenses aren't that expensive but once you move into bifocals? And I have to get two pair? Hopefully, both sets of frames are in good enough shape to reuse' that'll save a bit.

I'll try to touch base again tomorrow from work.

Hi, Karen, thanks for thinking of me. It was no biggie. Just a wet, chilly, grey day.


Well, dang, Ylee! Guess me and hubby ought to move up your way. I don't know about other local hospitals but we don't get free services for employees at mine. We get a discount on the facility bill but not the doctor bill.

Numberwise, I'll have to check that out before my appt. I'd never heard of Prio glasses before. I don't see well driving at night but I've always been that way, so I don't think it's just my vision. I find oncoming headlights blinding, even if I avert my eyes. I suppose some of it is that I'm not very experienced at driving at night. Once I'm home after work, that's pretty much it.

What I hate are those blasted halogen headlights. I know they're probably great for the one driving a vehicle with them but they blind everyone else on the road. I'm surprised they're legal.

Sheesh, folks... talk about the mother of all storms...

The low pressure beat out the Long Island Express of 1938. We have floods, fire, blizzards, hurricane winds and surge. I wouldn't doubt that there were some tornados in there, somewhere. If a a haboob could have formed, I'm sure it would have.

Millions are without power.

I did find out this morning that my coworker's folks in NJ came through OK. He finally got ahold of them around 8:30 this morning. No power, of course. They had some minor basement flooding during/after Irene last year and he says his mom told him she was kind of afraid to look in the basement. Trees down all over the place and I'm sure there's damage to neighboring houses but they came through pretty much unscathed. So far.

As we all know, so many of a storm's injuries occur during the aftermath.

Hi, Sandi!

This is one Halloween that we won't forget for a long time. Things are fine here and I'm sure there'll be little trick-or-treaters out and about this evening. It's going to be a bit chilly, though.

We won't see any. I haven't bought candy or turned on the porch light in over 10 years. In the five years prior to that, I bought candy and didn't have a single visitor.

I knew better than to buy much and I did buy the good stuff but, Lord knows, I didn't need it. I'd bring some of it to work so that I didn't just snarf it all down myself.