Good Friday morning, Gary and Thad!
Gary, I hope your Holy Men win. Isn't it unusual for a college team to play on Sunday? It seems that college football games are on Saturday, and the pros play on Sunday. The Gators got one of those teams that make you go "who?" It should be an easy game. I'm not sure I'll even be able to get it on TV here. It might go to live stream on one of those ESPN channels, or pay per view, which I won't bother with. Or I might get adventurous, and see if I can find it on AM radio (remember that?). I'm glad all your home entertainment equipment has survived the lightning strikes.
Thad, it sounds like you're having some lovely weather. At this time of year, I consider us lucky if we can get down to 77 as a low late at night or briefly during a thunderstorm. Maybe we'll see some of your weather around November if we're lucky.
It's still hot and muggy as ever. It actually didn't rain yesterday, so I went out and mowed the front lawn early in the evening when it finally cooled down. But the days are getting shorter even if it's not cooling down, so it got dark before I could get to the backyard. But they're predicting 80% chance of rain all weekend, so I guess it can wait. As for the Labor Day weekend, it looks like I'll be indoors the whole time.
Friday would normally be my volunteer day at the local genealogical society library, but it has been closed due to some mold or mildew infestation of their book collection. I wonder if it happened all of a sudden, or it was something accumulating for a long time-- nobody noticed it because most genealogical research is now online, and maybe nobody had touched the books for a long time. They're inside the county library, so they probably have to coordinate with them. I kind of think the larger county library would have the same problem. Anyway, I haven't heard anything from the genealogical society as to when they're going to reopen.
Speaking of volunteering, the local MCC food pantry had an infestation of small bugs in all its rice and pasta packages. It appears the source was the larger community food bank that distributes to all the local food pantries. It was unfortunate, but they had to throw out all of their spaghetti, pasta, and rice. The canned goods were not affected. And MCC had to call out pest control for an emergency extermination.