Not too anxious

For once, it's actually a relief to hear the word hurricane or to look up the weather forecast without getting anxious.

Tropical Storm Katrina, a burgeoning hurricane, is headed for south Florida, which somehow got spared during our summer of hell last year. Landfall is predicted tonight and tomorrow and there's no hurricane or tropical storm watch declared for my area.

I do feel for the folks in south Florida, though by most accounts, Katrina won't be all that bad. But I am so relieved to be as far north as we are.

Here's hoping that the hurricane demons won't need to return to our part of Florida any time soon.