Good News

There is all around good news this week. Andrea is cancer-free after a grueling 5 month treatment period, during which she has lost skin, hair, and appetite. Here thoughts on the news and suck are here:
http://www.caringbridge.org/cb/inputSiteName.do

She got the news July 3, a celebration followed as it should have.

The baby boom of 2006 is almost over, and everyone has fared quite well.

On the same day as Andrea's good news, baby Peri made his appearance. His name is Prahlad Sai, and with his genetic makeup, he has no choice but to become handsome, interesting, and smart. Poor kid. Shruti gave birth to the 13th of 14 babies that I expected to enter my life this year. One is left, a girl at the next month from the McNelleys. The tally was 10 girls, 4 boys. Two were tiny preemies but thriving now. There were two Lilys (Lillies?), a Sarah and a Zarah and an Eva and an Ava. The Wassilaks had the biggest at 9lbs, 14 oz and the Lowders the tiniest at 3lbs 12 oz. I believe 4 were c-sections, 10 not.
We begin again in September, as I have 5 expectanct friends/family members between mid-Sept and February.

The Cardinals are rolling along in sucky fashion. We are not used to losing here in the Lou and its been a rough month. Still, we have 3 all-stars (Eckstein was ROBBED), are in first place (terrible division), and will likely be playoff bound again. I don't think any NL team is capable of beating an AL team in the World Series anymore, so I no longer think it is important to get to the World Series. The Mets, Astros, or Cardinals will be swept by Detroit, the Yankees, Red or White Sox, so who cares about the WS anyway?!

I may save some cash and stay home during the playoffs this year. We'll see how I feel in September.

Rob and I traveled to the Bay Area and then the Lake Tahoe area in mid-June for the wedding of Kendyl and Mary. It was beautiful, every single part of it from scenery to ceremony to the entire vacation experience. Their website: http://www.donnerlakeinn.com/Kendyl&Mary/
has a number of my pictures and I took dozens more.
My must-leave-the-country-itch is likely not going to be scratched in 2006 but likely a no more cancer celebratory European adventure will commence in spring 2007 so I suppose I'll hold my anticipation and extra cash until then.