With the RNC being held in Tampa next week, Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg, CG Auxiliary and law enforcement is in overdrive with security preparations. Some minor situations have already occurred- things I picked up on the local news. On top of that, hurricane Issac is headed right into the Gulf and our hurricane preparations/ warnings now rival the security concerns of the RNC. Please don't let it move even a bit to the east! We really don't need this right now.

I don't know what is going on with me. I feel like my head is underwater (or like it feels on an airplane when the pressure changes) and I lost some of the hearing in my right ear. I also have some indigestion and nausea, and no, it is not due to the storm. The storm is too far away to be responsible for this. This is something physical; I just don't know what. I have taken it easy all day. If I still feel this way tomorrow I will go to the doctor. Ugh. That means a 14 mile drive to the VA over the interstate. That is why I did not go today.