Welcome Home

I'm home. We drove down from Gainesville on Sunday. In a bit of irony, the drive back from Gainesville was much like the drive up to Gainesville last year. On the way up last year, our drive was drastically slowed down by really heavy rainstorms between Orlando and Gainesville. This past Sunday, we were slowed down by rainstorms that we weren't able to leave behind until we got south of Orlando. And the traffic was really heavy as a result. But I am home now, safe and sound. Of course, the apartment is a wreck with all of my stuff.

Speaking of weather, I come home and what happens. A tropical storm forms and is taking direct aim at South Florida. When I went to bed on Monday night, the weatherman said there was a system with the potential to become a tropical storm, but it was expected to be a loosely organized low pressure system for several days. So of course, by yesterday after noon, Chris had formed and is expected to be a hurricane sometime today or tomorrow and could hit South Florida sometime Sunday. We are going to Nashville for the weekend for my brother-in-law's wedding. We are supposed to come back on Sunday. Julie is supposed to open school on Monday. If the storm is still headed for South Florida on Sunday, it is doubtful we will get back to Miami on Sunday. Julie really does not want to miss the first day of school. But if the storm is bad, or late, there won't be school on Monday. What a way to start the school year.

Weclome back to Miami. Should be a fun year.