whelp, it's rainy which is good for the road race downtown. the spider repaired the web and is floating in the window. it's quite quiet. we're going to drive to south bend to see aunt penny and uncle jim and a houseful of relations for jim's 85th. we'll turn around in a few hours, be back for orange penny's dinner. though we have to drive in it, we prayed for rain, and we still pray for the sake of mother nature.