In the past two weeks here in P'cola, we have experienced hail at least three times, and a combined total of more than 20 inches of rain- 15 last Thursday and another 7-9 inches on Wednesday. The already-battered city (with damaged infrastructure from the effects of Hurricane Ivan) has experienced major flooding, and many people have had to evacuate their apartments due to poor drainage. A portion of the road I usually take to work washed out when the bluff underneath was undermined by an overworked storm drainage system, and it will be closed for at least one month.

I often wonder if someone's trying to tell us something...

At any rate, it has been an interesting spring thus far... April showers bring May flowers, and if that's true, we will be up to our... well, up to there in flowers this year based on the amount of rain we have received. Hopefully it will dry out some before the next storm. The vet that we took Sabrina to had water up to the windowsills... I hope all the dogs and cats that were boarded there were evacuated... what a horrible way to lose a pet.

It is a fairly beautiful day here today. I accomplished a few good things this week, notably getting my first pre-press proof of the magazine back from the printer and making only minor corrections. Only one more round of proofs and it's on the streets.

Things have been going pretty well between Jah and I, and, though I moved in with my parents a couple of weeks ago, we seem to be making some pretty big strides together... we talk daily, and it is always pleasant and I look forward to seeing her every day. And, I am still sleeping through the night (something I stopped doing a long time ago... this depression thing is really insidious). So that's a big plus.

Even though I have lots of things to worry about (money, family, relationship stuff), I think about them for a few minutes, or at most an hour, and if I don't come up with any solutions, I stop "picking at it" and let my mind wander onto something more positive... It's so different. At times, I wonder if I'm losing my "edge" and will be blindsided by something because I'm not constantly on high alert... But I have to admit, it is nice to be able to relax when I lay down to go to sleep at night and drift off to sleep. I think that has to be the most noticable change to me. I'm sure others would say I'm more pleasant to be around and not nearly as "eeyore"-like (as I liked to call it) or doom and gloom (as everyone else called it) as I have been...

So anyway, looking forward to another weekend. Don't know what I'm doing, but even if it's just sleeping late and playing video games a bit, it will be nice.