Taste Like Chicken Dorian W/E 8/31-9/1

Just received a text from Liz. She is set to be discharged later today and is looking forward to sleeping in her own bed. I asked her to let us know how things are going.

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I was happy to hear from Liz and even happier to hear that she is going home. She said she did have a little BP problem like the last time, but it wasn't as bad. She also said she had a little fever last night but it resolved itself. She'll probably post as soon as she's able, but I'll let all of you know if I hear anything else.

Kathy, Liz also said she is sending you special thoughts reference Dorian. I saw the 2pm update and it looks like you might get mainly rain, but potentially lots of it. I have several friends living on the coast of the Carolinas, so I am also trying to will the storm away from them. The Weather Channel person in Orlando was at a gas station and it looked rather sane compared to what your DS endured on Wednesday. There was just no excuse for what that moron did to her. He should be ashamed of himself.

Sorry about the continued clogging, Linda. I hope you don't end up with a sinus infection. Also sorry about the continued heat. Maybe doing nothing indoors will be a good use of your day. I know you probably have a book or two around and Micki would love to cuddle.

Chele, did you and Iggy visit the farmers today? Is Iggy feeling better after his dietary indiscretions? If he feels uncomfortable enough after eating things he knows he shouldn't enough times, maybe he won't mind being "that guy". Being the only vegetarian in the office had its challenges, but everybody knew it and some people were sweet enough to ensure I didn't go hungry. I typically took something I could eat to gatherings and I wasn't the only one eating it.

Did you get a haircut, Becky? If so, what else did you do while you were out? My body battery is down to 5 again. I think I was only at 28 when I woke up, so I need to get back with tech support. I'm hoping they will replace my device because it apparently has an issue because I don't feel any different than I felt when I was waking up at 100 and only got into the 30s and 40s for my low. I worked out on the rowing machine earlier today but otherwise have sat around on the laptop for the past couple of days, so I can't figure out why its not recharging much, if any, other than a device malfunction.

I have had a very frustrating morning and early afternoon attempting to import the treasurer's report into my new desktop publishing software. I tried to dump the xls file directly in. When that didn't work, I converted it into every other type of document I could think of, including image files. I ended up having to strip out all the formatting and just import the text and then reformat it in what they call Story Editor, which just looks like a txt window with a few other features. All told, I have spent about 6 hours on that one page of the newsletter. I have one article left to write and need to input stuff from the fair and the publication will theoretically be done. While I was struggling with it this morning, I went online to see how much just Publisher would cost and the cheapest I could fine was $95. So I guess I'll eventually figure this one out. At this point, it looks like the additional time spent on the newsletter is going to put me over 300 volunteer hours for the year. I guess that's the bright side. I'm working at the fair again tomorrow so I probably won't touch the newsletter again until Monday. It's a football Saturday, so we have TN on and both Clemson and Michigan play this evening, along with Texas, so we might be doing some channel flipping.

Linda, believe it or not, a pdf is no easier in this software. I just can't believe that it's so lame on importing anything except text and images. But it was free, so I guess I got what I paid for. Fingers crossed that the newsletter will look presentable. The more I work with this software, the better I'll probably feel about it. At least I'm getting a feel for what it can and cannot do. I also hope that Liz won't turn on the work phone or work computer for at least a couple of weeks. They need to leave her alone. They certainly seem like a needy bunch. Sauerkraut and slaw on the same day are definitely not a good idea. Good job resisting all the sales at the mall. I'll bet it took it out of you. I hope October will arrive in September for you. Your weather this year has been beyond bizarre.

I'm in the process of watching Tennessee try to lose a football game to a team that went 2-10 last season. I told Dale that anytime he's ready to switch to baseball, feel free. It's been way too long since Tennessee fielded a decent team and I don't think it's going to be this year either.

Linda He stole a mail truck.Five are dead,at least 22 injured and the shooter is dead.It's just horrible.