UPDATED: noon, CST Today is the day. Florida voters are flocking to the polls in record numbers (or so we’re told) to cast their ballots in the Presidential primary. I had no less than four phone calls yesterday – Gov. Charlie Crist called, so did State Sen. Don Gaetz and U.S. Rep. Jeff Miller, and oh yeah, Mitt called too. I hated to tell them they were too late I cast my vote early, along with about 10,000 of my fellow Sunshine staters.

My husband and I watched the Colts/Jaguars football game Sunday afternoon. (big Peyton Manning fan here!) During the first quarter there were three challenges to the officials’ calls. Most games don’t even have one, but three during the first quarter seemed unusual. A challenge can be made if the coach disagrees with a call. If the call is reversed, then it’s good for the challengers. If it stands, the challenging coach loses a time out in addition to whatever disadvantage the call imposed How cool would it be is we could have challenges… do-overs and take-backs… in life?

Five local high school students were hospitalized yesterday after taking some anti-depressants one of them brought to school. Of those, four were released from the hospital and taken to another facility for mental evaluations and one remains in intensive care. It wasn’t reported how many of the pills these students took. A sixth student, who took only one pill, was not hospitalized.

I got tagged for a meme Tuesday. A meme is the equivalent to a chain letter for bloggers. I was secretly thrilled.... it made me feel like I had finally been accepted by the huge, and I mean HUGE, blogging community. I also, in the spirit of full disclosure, have to say that when I get chain e-mail, I typically read it, without opening attachments, and then promptly delete it.

Last year after Thanksgiving JM and I battled the mall crowds on Black Friday. This year, I had to work, but met JM and her boyfriend for lunch at a local mall… I tried to tell them that wasn’t a good idea, but you can’t tell kids anything… The place was understandably packed. There wasn’t a single table inside, and we only lucked out on finding one outside. The boyfriend told us that his mom and sister had braved the shopping mania, having left their home before sunrise.