<p>Well done, Sunset31.</p>
<p>Things won't be back to normal next week, but they should be measurably better than this week. </p>
<p>The $20 increase in rental car cost is a small price to pay.</p>
<p>You might not see the community thing anymore since Rice hired a professional clean-up crew to clean things up this week, but the students really did a great job of working together through Ike and through its aftermath this weekend.</p>
<p>We made plans to visit Rice in early November, however, in light of recent events....do you think we should reschedule our trip for sometime in Spring of 09?</p>
<p>No. Things are getting back to normal now; early November will be fine.</p>