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This is Chapter 8 in the Infertility Memoir. Read previous chapters here.
As we woke up the morning after the tornado tore through our area we began to realize the extent of its wrath. We were still without power and beginning to worry about all the food in the refrigerator, including a few frozen meals we had already prepped for when our daughter was born. That morning I also had my 38 week appointment, and thankfully their office was open and unaffected by the tornado, but they warned us that some roads nearby were closed as emergency crews were still working.

The Department of Defense is set to issue nearly a billion dollars in loans to private companies to scale the production of technologies the department has deemed critical.
The Office of Strategic Capital announced the notice of funding availability Monday, laying out eligibility criteria and an application process for industrial base companies interested in applying for a piece of the $984 million appropriated for loans. The investments could range from $10 million to $150 million, according to the notice, published in the Federal Register.

Former Navy lieutenant, Nobel Peace Prize recipient and President of the United States Jimmy Carter turns 100 today, October 1. He is the first American president to reach that age. 
The 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981, Carter reached the milestone Tuesday while in hospice care, where he has been since February 2023. Carter has survived two kinds of cancer and several falls. 
Today is Carter’s first birthday in 78 years without his late wife Rosalynn Carter, who died in November.

Two military bases in Georgia are under partial evacuation orders after Hurricane Helene knocked power and water out on both installations, damage which officials say could take at least a week to remedy. Commanders at Moody Air Force Base near Valdosta, Georgia and the Army’s Fort Eisenhower near Augusta, Georgia gave the go-ahead for thousands of troops to leave the region while power and water are widely out.