September Jumble

It's a cloudy day here, at the moment, but we're expecting another record high to be set before a cold front moves down from Wyoming.  We should be back to "normal" temperatures in the low- to mid-80s beginning tomorrow.  The kits are running in and out, including Miss Mocha.  They still hiss at one another, but now there are no claws out on Lovey.  Jim, the maintenance man is mowing the lawn out back, and the kids go out when the sound of the mower is faint, and come rushing back in as it approaches the patio. It's kind of like watching a wave pattern at the beach....

There are still about 90,000 homes without power in Maryland and 180,000 homes in Virginia without power, thanks to Irene. Now the question is , what is Katia going to do, and what about that tropical depression in the Caribbean?  The one in the Caribbean could put out the fires in Oklahoma and Texas, if it comes ashore in that area.  ....  There are wildfires burning in the Lakota Sioux Reservation in Wyoming and Montana.  Outfits from 5 states are battling those fires.

On Saturday at Saratoga, Havre de Grace will race against 7 colts in the 1 and 1/8 mile Woodward Stakes. She has defeated all the fillies in her 3-year-old group, and her owners decided it was time to take on the boys. Sidney's Candy will take on 8 other colts in the 7 furlong Forego Stakes on the same day. 

I'm getting ready to pay my rent, meet the new apartment manager, and pick up some bug traps from the office.  People are complaining about roaches again.  I've lived here for 6 years and have never seen a roach - though there are plenty of spiders, ants, and gypsy moths. -  I was bitten twice by spiders early this morning; the areas around the bites turned bright red, burned like fire, and swelled up tremendously.  I also became nauseated.  I took a lot of Benadryl, canceled walking the Rs, and slept in.  (Having been stung more than 53 times by yellow jackets on the head, face and neck when I was 3, I've had it drilled into me that any type of insect bite or sting above my shoulders is dangerous!)  -  Ah, well....  I have to remember to go and Boo her meds at 2 this afternoon!