Alright. I am not a tiny girl. We all know this, whatever, I like me. Anyway, on my walk home today I got dirt blown up from off the ground, into my eyes. that stings like a badass. I’m 5’7″ tall, dirt chunks should not be able to be blown that high. Also, there were read more

I spoke to Sarah today. Yup, the re-extubated her Saturday, and on Sunday they moved her out of ICU into a fairly high-level care room. There is talk of moving her again very soon to an “almost time to go home” room, and there’s a possibility of home later this week. She’s depressed and things read more

and a duck i am now. i got my acceptance letter today into the graduate program in historic preservation at the university of oregon. once there i intend to specialize in preservation theory, design, and technology and i want to focus my studies on sustainability and preservation. woohoo!!! they only accept 8-12 gradute students per read more

One of the socks are finished. They’re not for me, and if they were I would’ve made the leg a little bit longer…and the foot just a touch longer. Here’s hoping they fit Jessica…I still have to knit the second one, but I have a migraine and can’t think anymore. Now that I know I read more

They had to put sarah back on the ventilator. She’s stronger than she was, and she was talking and making sarcastic comments to the nurses yesterday but her lungs need another day or so to get stronger. She was having to breathe so much to get enough oxygen that her heart was beating way too read more

first off, they took sarah off the ventilator today. if all goes well she’ll be moving out of icu tomorrow. she’s pretty scared and in a lot of pain, but she’s a tough monkey and she’ll be okay. i’ve been knitting today, and i have officially turned my first heel. As modeled on my chubby read more

So, I talked to my mom again today and she said that in the past 24 hours Sarah had lost 15 pounds. Of water. Because when she went unconscious, and the beginning of her sick, she gained something like 40 pounds of water. She went from being 136 pounds to somewhere between 170 & 180. read more

she’s steady on. not out of the woods yet, but stead on.

I’m having a hard time with this. I’m agitated a lot. I vented at Derek earlier, its just so unfair. I pace, I can’t concentrate, I find myself wringing my hands a lot, I’m surprised I haven’t reverted to chewing on my nails, but I find I’m eating a lot more than I ought to read more

Well, some good, some bad to report here. My sister came through the worst bits fine, like I said before, and they were hoping to have her off the ventilator by the end of the day today. Sadly, last night that had to remedicate her and up the amount the ventilator was breathing for her. read more

This entry is not going to be a happy one. I apologize in advance for its depressive tone, and I don’t expect anything in terms of comments or sympathy. Yesterday, at 4.31 central time, my phone rang while I was in an informal critique with my friend and professor, Ron. Being that it was a read more

Alright, faithful readers of the Ink…I know that you must have been waiting to see images of the boy and i. This is Derek, faithful coder of my site, and the reason I may go crazy within the next fifty-something days or so until I get to see him again. He’s been a faithful poster read more