I enjoyed the photos of your holiday trip, Granmarie!
Also those wonderful deer, Soop. How beautiful they are. I’m glad you escaped the worst effects of the storm. It was wet and windy here, and again this evening, but it’s simply autumn, nothing unusual.
I hope you start feeling better soon, LLFL. 
Hope you have a quiet evening, Blossoming.
Urms, what can I say except my heart goes out to you. 
I’m recovering well from the UTI - this time I didn’t leave it a week but got help faster. It’s made all the difference. We’ve not been doing our grandparently duties but will pick them up again from tomorrow with GS.
Other people have been doing their duty, though. My book group was postponed because so many members were having to care for children off school because of the strikes! My dd took her two to a soft play place today, which, apart from children, was full of either harassed parents trying to work on laptops or grandparents gritting their teeth and pretending to enjoy themselves. 
That’s all until tomorrow. Take care. Xxx