@otroo, I have so enjoyed reading about your recent vacation with your dad and daughter, and the great photos you took. I certainly hope you won't be depressed after returning home. Would you consider perhaps creating an album (online or even print), journal, or scrapbook about that wonderful trip? That might take your mind away from sadder things. Maybe even share whatever you create with both your dad, daughter, and anyone else in your life who might enjoy it. For them, it's been quite a journey, too.

@Nammu, I hope you get a better sleep tonight.

@*Beth*, I'll be wishing some cooler days come your way. 100 F sounds just awful! I have trouble when the weather gets really hot. I usually even stay in the house for a lot of the summer. I read about the shooting early in the morning, my time. I always get NY Times notifications on my phone. It's quite sad to say, but there are so many mass shootings nowadays, that I'm starting to become numb to them, especially since one political party refuses to do anything to make changes, and when asked what they think should be done, only propose "prayer". Europe and Asia have very very few such shootings compared to gun happy USA. I recently read that one reason may be that in other regions there is more of a social support for people. Individualism isn't so emphasized, especially in terms of "one man/woman for him/herself" and "up to you to sink or swim on your own". For this reason, I feel a bit sorry for everyone involved in such shootings. Everyone! As for gun stuff, I think it is ludicrous that anyone outside of military and police/other security forces should have a machine gun. The desire to have such a thing seems like a tragedy in and of itself. Mass shootings are absolutely shocking, yet most gun deaths in the US are suicides. The next higher are much smaller scale or individual murders. Regardless of the usage, it's all tragic, and again reflects a social and mental health emergency in the US. Demonizing anyone is a fruitless and unfair tendency, in my view. Inaction, however, is deserving of the biggest blame.