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I'm Back!

Thanks to all of you who at least tried to get in and cover for me. Yes, I know, munu is rigged. Even if, especially if in fact, you are a munuvian.

I should have just left a glorious beach photo up in my absence. Speaking of...

No pictures yet....but the beach was beautiful. I needed that. I wanted an extra day, since tropical storm Cindy pissed on one of mine, but nooooo!, Dennis had to come along and screw up that little plan.

So, we manditorily evacuated on Friday, waited 2 hours to cross the intracoastal bridge, then continued to crawl along the highway, until we finally managed to get ahead of the evac traffic on the interstate.

It was a long drive, and it has been a long weekend, and I have spent the bulk of my time catching up on housework, laundry, life, your basic penance for having taken a week of leisure.

I must admit this: Even though Cindy killed a beach day, it was absolutely breathtaking to see the ocean throw a fit up close and personal. Beaches were closed Wednesday, but many of us still gathered on the boardwalk, snapping pics of the angry ocean, as it ate the beach tents that peeps were foolish enough to have left up the night before. And this storm was just a baby. I'll share the pics when I get them, but I'm sure they won't do the scene justice.

Another thing that no amount of film could capture: the 4th on the beach. Spectacular. If you've never seen thousands of kindred and spirited pyros simultaneously lighting an assortment of birthday candles for our country, with arguably one of the most beautiful backdrops imaginable, it needs to go on the "to do" list. Fireworks over the water, children with sparklers, the very spirited fellow who lit the cannon upside-down and blew a crater into the sand... Twice. Ahhh, does it get any better?

I hope everyone had an incredible holiday.