i just don't know what else to say

I've been an information sponge today, spending the whole day in front of the computer, alternating between doing financial stuff for selling the house here in Stepford and reading all the latest on New Orleans. I just don't know what to say any more. I periodically just get choked up and have to get back to work. I've given my money to the Red Cross, I'm hosting some friends from New Orleans, I'm gathering clothes etc. to donate. Yet I feel guilty here in my nice air-conditioned house (finally fixed yesterday afternoon), fidgeting with numbers to get that last $1000 out of this house. The whole thing is just overwhelming. And I am not even from New Orleans.