so, i didn't tell you how bad it was... his mouth is numb. so, around his lips, his teeth, his tongue... he is talking a bit funny. he has double vision in his right eye... four fingers on his right hand are numb, but he can move them. he is walking a bit crooked, and is refusing most help. we were lucky. my uncle sig had a massive stroke in his early 40's. he completely lost the use of the right side of his body. he couldn't speak, walk or care for himself. he was never himself after … [Read more...]

first off... thank you for all the well wishes... it's been a crappy week, and it was nice to know that people were thinking of me. i've been on call for jury duty all week. lucky for me, it seems that santa clara county just wanted to have me call them 3 times a day for the whole week. as of right now, i have to call one more time and i'm free for 4 more years or so. in some ways, it was nice to have jury duty this week. it really grounded me. i couldn't get too out of it, because in 4 … [Read more...]

my dad had a stroke yesterday... i'm off to walnut creek to the hospital. … [Read more...]

while knitting the lovely bump blanket, i watched the sharks pull out a 4 to 1 victory over the flames. by the third period, the rocker had decided that he wanted to hold me, so i had to stop knitting. it really was kinda cute... it was nice to see that i wasn't the only girl knitting at the hockey game. there was a woman almost in front of me that was working on a fair isle sweater. she has a bunch more patience than i do. i'm not sure i'm up to working with all those yarns yet. cables? … [Read more...]

tonight the rocker and i are going to hockey. the rocker loves hockey. my lovely friend anne gave me the tickets. i traded a bag of see's hot hearts for them. i don't know, the rocker is happy, he gets free live hockey. anne is happy she gets hot hearts. i guess it's a win-win situation. i brought my knitting. i've seen women knitting at the game before, so, i'm not going to feel bad if i pull mine out. doesn't sound like it will be any different than any other night as of late. only … [Read more...]

the rocker and i swich off being social coordinator on date night. saturday it was my turn. i heard from the astrofiend that the dusty's were going to be in town. i checked it out and decided that this date night, we were going to see the dusty's. there are lots of good reasons to see the dusty 45's. one, they play an awesome mix of surf and roots rock. most of which is their own music. two, billy, the lead singer is really cute (they all dress the part as well). and three, billy lights … [Read more...]

so on monday, the second real holiday of 2004, i got to drive the sup'ed up w12 phaeton. what does it really mean? i got to spend another day with my dad. since i don't see him that often, i was pretty excited. i got to the city about 9:03 am... dad was there waiting for me. we filled out the paper work, got the mini tour of the car and we took off. i drove the car to danville, where we had breakfast with andrea. we let her drive the car for a bit. no, we weren't supposed to, but we … [Read more...]