Baby Update:
Samantha will be three weeks old tomorrow and she is finally off her ventilator and her medications. She has only a feeding tube and oxygen in her right now. The doctors project that if her progress continues she will be able to go home next Monday. It has been a long few weeks full of lots of ups and downs…lets hope things continue on that up swing.
My niece was born on 7-6-10. Unfortunately, she was born to the world with complications and had to be rushed to Children’s Hospital late that evening when she started having seizures. The poor little dear is on a ventilator because her little lungs are rigid and are not able to give her enough oxygen for her body. Over the last couple days she has made some progress but she still has a lot of progress to make before she can go home. Please think of my brother, sister-in-law, and lil’ Samantha during this time…they need your hope and well wishes. I will update as time goes on…and I will show you a picture soon.
In my relentless effort to try and keep my astronomy and physics skills honed I have decided to re-open an old project with some new ideas. Of course, this means I must relearn how to use a lot of tools that over time I have forgotten. One thing I haven’t forgotten and has thus been once again re-affirmed is how much astronomers do not understand how to program. I really really wish there was a nice package for image reduction and analysis that did not latch on to IRAF like a mother suckling its young. The giant frustration begins!
The trophy husband and our friend have created a new podcast about computer stuff. Now go find it and listen.
Sarah and I went to Royal Oak yesterday to putz around. We had a wonderful lunch at Bastone Brewery. Sarah had an awesome steak sandwich that had no bun or bread but in its place potato pancakes which was quite divine. I had this awesome pasta with a goat cheese sauce and cranberries…sounds weird no??? It was so freaking good I couldn’t stop eating it. Then we walked around and did some window shopping. Finally, we got our yummy pastries at Astoria and then walked down to Bean and Leaf where I saw a most unusual item…Boxed Water?!?!? You read correctly, boxed water. So the whole idea is that instead of drinking out of a plastic bottle you get it in what looks like a carton that would be used for milk or juice. Now here is what I am wondering how weird does it taste? I say this because the inside of that box has to be lined with a wax or something to keep the water from just drenching the box. I know that I never taste any liner material in the juice or milk I drink but I figure that might be because the flavor of milk or juice would mask the liner taste. Water is suppose to be kinda tasteless so would you pick up the flavor of the liner?? Just wondering…
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I am on vacation for a week so it means I must get a cold! A horrible nasty cold!!!! Well I go back to work in 2 days so I am sure it will be gone by then…right????
Lu poodle.
It is really hard to get up in the morning when you are all snuggled up under the covers and the rain is coming down with that soothing pat-pat-pat. It made me get up all late. Still raining out…I want to go back to bed.
