My new niece, Erin Elizabeth, was born today at approximately 9pm, at 8 lb., 10 oz, which makes her bigger than her brother, but a much easier labor and birth.

I am thankful that mother and baby are happy and healthy, and that this joy comes at a time when our family needed it the most.

(Not that it's all about us - but speaking to my father yesterday- he was devastated. Today, he's ecstatic.)

Winter Goodies Update

For those who requested either ginger cake or chocolate death bombs, this is letting you know they're being sent out today.

Lemon bread goes out tomorrow.

And thanks to Nora Deirdre, and she knows why.

While I'm at it, requesting some serious concentrated positive energy aimed at Florida.

My buddy and rock and roll partner in crime of 30 plus years, Marlene, has just learned that her oldest child, Abby, 26 and a newlywed, is being biopsied for some suspicious lumps.

It's official, my NPR interview scheduled for today got bumped by Yassar Arafat's death.

They still want to do it, however, and will re-schedule probably for either November 22nd (Monday) or the 24th (Wednesday).

Hey Everybody

(x-posted to her journal and Buffistas/Apocalypse)

Zach here - Juliana had an accident this weekend and wanted me to give everyone a heads up.

Saturday night Juliana fell over the front porch of Pioneer Place Theater up in St. Cloud. she did pretty much a 1 and 1/2 onto the sidewalk. She's got about a dozen stitches in her right eye, and that should heal up this week - she's got a few pretty good black and blue marks and a good chin scrape. She also has ended upwith what could be several acute fractures of the skull near her right eye.

The good news is that there was no neck or spinal injury of any kind. We're very happy that what happened was al that happened. She won't be playing the banjo anytime soon, which doesn't worry me because she never could before. We ended up cancelling our final performance and Juliana and I came back down to the Cities Sunday AM.

She's going to be out of commission for at least a day or two. I will be staying home Monday or Tuesday as well to watch after her. We are going into the doctor in the next few days to make sure her eye is okay, and see if any further surgery is neccesary or not.

To everyone who has offered to help if we need anything - thank you. I may call in one or two of those, depending on how the next couple of days go. But know that she is well enough for now, and we're just really, really thankful it isn't any worse.

If you want to contact me, i'm at zachcurtis at yahoo dot com - i don't know the next time she'll be well enough to sit at the computer and check in - so i will until then.

Thanks, and much love to all.

Zach

Hey folks - Zach again....

Update #2 Just a little scare, folks - we're good

So, we made a little trip to the ER tonight (and not the sexy sexy nice gel cut hubba hubba tv type), but a good old fashion drunk people and weirdos and a few normals and everyone of them looking at the two of us like "hey, enid, he done whupped the hell outta her" sort of way.

Short story long - Juliana couldn't keep anything down the last 36 hours since the accident and got way too dehydrated. They pumped her full of contact lens solution and now she's better, less nauseated and ready to start her two day clear! liquid! diet! for dehydrated people! (The exclamation points tell you exactly how excited! she is for this).

So, we check with doctors tomorrow and wednesday for follow-ups and what the heck happens now stuff. All is good. She is hungry. And ti-red. And crankypants. But safe and sound and whew and that's all I care.

Z

Hi folks. I just found out that my Uncle Ed (aka, Mom's baby bro) died about an hour ago. Any ma you could send toward my family -- especially Mom, who adored the big galoot -- would be appreciated.

Thank you for all the jobma! I just got off the phone with my recruiter; I start on the 29th, and the team is really looking forward to working with me!

meep

I just sent off letters of inquiry to Yale and Brown's PhD programs. I am incredibly nervous and jittery about this entire process.

Passing the GRE's (especially the math, considering I haven't taken a math class since 1995), getting an interview, getting the applications together in the next four weeks, and working out all of the details about whether we can afford this (especially the health insurance, since I'm sole provider) and all other kinds of PhD~ma requested, please................

meep

This afternoon I got a phone call from one of the companies at which I interviewed last summer. They may have a position for me! I'm going for another interview tomorrow afternoon. Interview-ma please!