ty (((sleeps))) I think I am saving a rose bush. You can't take a clipping as it will grow into a different plant as the root it was grafted/grew on... But it seems to want to live??? It was in his nursery nearly 20 years ago now that I think of it... I had planted it at the house that was destroyed by Andrew... (we'd fixed that house but I couldn't live there and we sold it to my dad and mom since they, too had lost their home...) and I moved it to the neighbor's house I bought and rebuilt ...and then kept it in a pot in an apartment...and then planted it at the house I had built in Kendall.. and then moved it (basic root system, you know...) to this house when I had this one built... certainly IT will survive, right?

There are still nearly a quarter million ppl without power in the 4 counties.. and several hundred traffic signals still out (think 4 way stop for everyone who is trying to go anywhere.. work, doctors.. stores...) and how dangerous unlit intersections are at night (when some ppl are in the habit of stopping and some are not?)

I'm just trashed due to the storm itself. I was disabled in a thunderstorm (surely I've said this too many times now???) Today, again, as I drove south to T's... there were dark clouds in a band across the sky... and again I'm telling myself.. this isn't a storm this isn't a huricane... then my T talks about exposure therapy ( I guess he is reading here????) grrrrrr ok fine I'll expose myself to the next storm as I jump from a balcony. No, I didn't say that did I? well???? I well up, tears flow... just thinking about thunderstorms... whatever! T says no more for this year (oh?) But who can think for next? HA! there's a storm in the gulf with the airstream pouring in from us... yet the weathermen stand IN FRONT of that when they show the weather.. ok I KNOW I'm off the deep end here... but this is where cognitive isnt fixing the emotional yet!