CSUSM, Family and Katrina

The first night of class went well last night except for one thing, there are too many students and not enough sections available. If all the students return next week that were trying to add this week, I WILL have to turn many of them away. Ug! I know that some of the students are in dire need to take the class, and others are taking it because it's convenient at this time. I wish that there were some way to make sure the students with the greatest need get priority. Unfortunately there is no mechanism set up to do that. As I said: Ug.

I'm really looking forward to this weekend. We are spending Fri night, Sat and part of Sun with the France clan at some cabins down by the beach. There will be Mom and Dad France, 4 Husband/Wife couples and kids. There may be other people visiting us at the beach as well. This oughta be pretty cool! Monday we'll be going over to another family member's house for a pool party. The pool party has become traditional get together each year and should be fun too!

Sandy and I did a show recently that didn't have anything to do with geocaching. We mentioned the thoughts we had about the hurricane disaster down in the Gulf and let our listeners know that we put together a bunch of links to help them donate or help out if they were inclined to do so. I got into work today and spent a little time catching up on the headlines before things got rolling. I'm saddened at the state of the situation. Apparently no significan response or help has arrived. There is rampant looting and violence. Thousands and thousands of people are stranded without food, water, shelter, etc. There is no electricity, there are no bathrooms. People are in panic and have stolen guns to use against others. There are dead bodies around. The police are outnumbered and outgunned. It's very sad. Sandy and I will be contributing a portion of the monthly amount that we typically set aside for our church (tithe) to sent toward the relief effort out there. I feel so helpless living way out here without any real way to send help except through money.