July 7, 2006
At Pat & Russ Holmberg's house

Our family is spread out all over the globe.
Dave, Steven & Lea in Davison & Algonac, Michigan, with Dave's mom, brother & sister...
Sukha & Naomi near Agde, France at the Hohm Community's "La Ferme" outpost...
Chand in Prescott with Jeff & Nachama...
me in Boulder with mom & Russ...
Nicole, Anthony & Daylin in Phoenix waiting for their new baby Daniel to arrive on or around August 23.
I really have trouble focusing & feel so disjointed when everybody's spread so far & wide. What job am I failing to do that somebody needs? Nothing I guess... nobody's here... aarrghhh.

It was so good to see family in Michigan & see Kevin & Donna, Mom Russell & Bonnie's houses, as well as to see the places where Dave grew up. I've heard so many stories of these places. It was so much fun to put an actual face on the places that were important in his upbringing. And Michigan is SO green, beautiful, and full of berries of all kinds!

Now it's equally good to be here with mom. Not that there's as much to do as I'd imagined... she's sleeping 80% of the time -- gets up for 10 minutes, down for 40. I'm glad she's resting, and I think she's getting much more rest here at home than she was at the hospital. The swelling is slowly subsiding in her abdomen, and what's really great to see is that her feet and ankles are completely normal & free of swelling... the first time I've seen them look this way in years, I think. Mainly she's just VERY tired. She had a CAT scan this morning to see if they can verify the presence of a false cyst in her pancreatal duct. This would be a best-case scenario in the ballpark she was playing in (a mass in that duct can only be a very few things). If that's what it is, she'll likely have laproscopic surgery to correct it, clearing the blockage that's been the cause of her original pain & swelling. Wouldn't it be great to put all this behind us & move on?!

That's all for today.