December 2006 Archives

I found out last night my grandma is back in ICU (this is after finding out the day before they brought her back from the rehab center to the hospital).  Nothing immediately life threatening, they just want to be able to observe her more completely.

I have no plans for New Year's Eve.  I might just go to bed early.  If I had transportation, I'd go camping somewhere...or to the coast.  Just get away from the city for a bit.

I am looking forward to the new year however.  As of the 1st, I'll be at .75FTE at my job.  I've got some ideas I'm going to check into for some more career advancement.  Great things are going to happen this year.  

Looking back at last year, there were some pretty negative things that happened over the first half of the year.  However, the second half of the year improved greatly and I believe that I'm in a much better place at the beginning of 2007 than I was at the beginning of 2006.

Have a great New Year's everyone!!! 

vh1 screws up the actual artist...but sarah vaughn makes me melt every time:

It took me much longer than I expected to read this book.  I still enjoyed it a bunch, its an interesting take on unrequited love.  I think in the end, it was just my reading habits that changed over the course of the past month that made it take longer to finish the book.  I switched to working part-time at work, so I no longer had a lunch hour to read and I wasn't reading as much on my commute as I had been.  As a result I really don't have much to say about the book itself.  It became the thing I read right before bed or when I needed something to occupy my mind that wasn't my life.  In these roles it succeeded.

I'm back to blogging after a short hiatus for most of December.  Between a webhost move and a general lack of inspiration, not much came out of me to blog about.  Anyway, a little of what has been going on with me over the past month or so.

On Nov. 27th, I became official at my job (I had been a temp employee since July).  For now I'm only working half time there, but its more than enough to live comfortably.  My boss is trying to find more budget, because she'd like me there full time.  Ideally, I think I'd like to get to .75 (or 30 hours per week).

I picked up a pretty nasty bug a couple weekends ago that had me pretty well whipped for my entire 4 day weekend.  Though I suppose its good that I didn't have to take any sick days for it.

Last weekend was the annual Eugene Santa Pub Crawl, so I went down for that.  By the time Saturday night rolled around, my heart wasn't quite in it, but I still had a good time.  Some pics are here.

Saturday morning my grandmother (dad's side) had a stroke.  I'm pretty close to my grandparents as I lived in their mother-in-law's suite for almost 8 years.  Anyway, I got to see her on Sunday afternoon for a little bit.  She recognized my dad and I and was able to talk to us.  I talked to my dad last night and she's out of ICU and the bleeding in/on her brain has stopped.  So medically she's doing pretty good.  The doctors think she'll be in the hospital for a week, but that means she may be home before Christmas as long as things continue to go well. 

A different kind of storm for my take on this weeks prompt from one deep breath.  Saturday my grandmother had a stroke.  As of now the doctors think she'll be fine, but she'll be in the hospital for at least a week for observation/recovery.  When my dad and I visited with her Sunday afternoon, she recognized us and was able to ask us questions and follow the conversation.  I'll take that as a good sign.

a gust topples
the body without notice
unforgiving

My grandparents and I at my college graduation.

more stormy breaths from the poets at one deep breath