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How many people here either are kids or have kids?  If you are one of these people, do you have anything planned over Spring Break?  Our plans...going to New Orleans.  I have been to New Orleans twice before Katrina, and in six weeks or so I'm gonna see what it looks like now.  Obviously it will be very different...I am very interested how it has changed.  We will be driving down there...it is about a three-day drive.

 

We also have some family down in New Orleans.  My great-aunt Alice lives there with her husband John, and my dad's cousin Julie lives there with her husband Max.  None of their houses got destroyed.  Alice and John live in a very nice neighborhood.  Their neighborhood is known for mansions and trees...but most of the trees are gone now which is really sad 'cause those trees are what made the neighborhood really beautiful...their house didn't get damaged at all but a lot of houses in that neighborhood were very badly damaged, so Alice and John lucked out.  Julie and Max's house sustained zero damage, but the street behind them got completely flattened, so they REALLY lucked out.

 

I really hope we can be able to see them, but there's a chance we might not be able to 'cause they have a lot on their plate right now.  Alice and John are both 83 years old and niether one of them is doing great healthwise.  Alice has arthritis very badly and she hasn't been responding to her normal medications, but luckily her doctor recently prescribed her some new med and that's been working well for her.  So she's getting progressively better and she says that as soon as her doctor says it's OK, she's gonna come up to Minnesota for a visit, which is good 'cause Alice is a lot of fun.  So things have been looking up for Alice...John, on the other hand, is getting progressively worse.  A couple years ago they found a tumor in his voicebox, so he underwent radiation therapy.  The tumor is gone, but he is left with the yucky side effects of radiation, as all of his upper teeth are gone.  Also, his back condition has been really getting to him.  He uses a heating pad and there are some activities he can no longer do, such as golfing, which is a shame 'cause he LOVES to golf.  A nurse comes to their house on nights and weekends but given that John's health is deteriorating, they might have to have a full-time nurse soon.  As bad as Alice and John may have it, Julie and Max have it worse.  Max is in the hospital dying of cancer.  It started in his kidneys and spread to his spleen, lungs, pancreas, and lymph nodes.  He is undergoing chemo every day, and if you're doing chemo every day it can't be good.  He lost 50 pounds since he started chemo and Alice says he looks terrible.  And Julie is not holding up well.  Julie is a sweet, wondeful woman, but she is not a strong woman at all.  Alice has told her that she needs to be strong for Max, but Julie just hasn't been holding up well.  It's awful 'cause these are great people and they don't deserve what they're getting.  It's awful also because Max is only 59, he's a great guy, and given that he lives a thousand miles from me, I never got to know him very well, and I wish I could've been able to get to know him well.  So I definitely hope I will be able to see him one last time when we're down there.

 

So in addition to going to New Orleans this March, we have also been talking about what we should do this summer.  After all, we are halfway there.  From June 20-27, we will be going to Door County, WI, as we always do during the last week of June.  Also, every August the past few years, we've been going someplace we've never been before.  In 2005 we went to San Francisco, in 2006 we went to Boston, and in 2007 we went to Yellowstone.  We are gonna go somewhere in August...we have decided on two possible places.  Either we're going to Seattle, or we're gonna go to the east coast and drive down the east coast...we'd be in places such as Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Washington, and the Carolinas.  They both sound like fun trips.

 

I suppose this was one of my longer blogs, huh?  Well, I should be going.  Got homework to do

Well, I only have tomorrow and Thursday left of school and I'm out for Christmas break!  I'm looking forward to having a break for almost two weeks!!!!!!

 

Oh, on Sunday Papa and Frannie came up here to watch football.  It was the Green Bay Packers against the St. Louis Rams.  Another Packers victory!  YEAH!!!!!!  BTW, Frannie is doing much better now.  She is no longer sick or throwing up blood.  The doctors don't think it's an ulcer now...what they think it is is too much advil consumption.  Both Papa and Frannie take advil every night before going to bed.  They say it helps them sleep better.  I really think it's kind of dumb to do that, 'cause you know, you can OD.  I think Frannie probably just OD'd a bit.

 

Oh, here's a video I thought you guys would find amusing.  It's Will Ferrell impersonating Harry Caray.  HILARIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjsJjlRFj9Y

 

Today was the last day of school 'till Monday.  We're on MEA Break.  That's Minnesota Educators Association, which is where the MN teachers go to St. Paul for professional conferences.  So for the long weekend we're going to Frankenmuth, Michigan.  Frankenmuth is a little town about 20 minutes from Saginaw...I've told you about it before.  Very nice town.  Tonight we're going to dinner at a deli in Minneapolis and then heading to Madison to spend the night and tomorrow we're having lunch at a Mexican restaurant in Chicago and then to Frankenmuth.  On Friday we'll go mini-golfing, Christmas shopping at Bronner's, the world famous year-round Christmas store, and have a wonderful chicken dinner at the Bavarian Inn.  Then on  Saturday we're going to Milwaukee to spend the night and on Sunday we're coming home.

 

Oh, and here's a funny story about what happened in school today.  During science class, a guy was talking to us about meth, and my lab partner is a girl, and she looks like a boy.  Anyway, when she raised her hand to answer one of his questions, he called on her by saying, "Yes sir?"  AHAHAHAHAHAHA the whole class erupted in laughter!  He apologized, claiming he didn't see her well enough, but I know he really probably though she was a guy.  To be honest, I did when I first saw her.  Luckily, I didn't talk to her for the first time until I knew she was a girl.  But poor guy.  She was nice to him about that though.  That's good.  But, uggh, I feel so sorry for that guy!  How embarassing that must've been!  It was classic though

 

If I don't get a chance to update while I'm gone, everyone have a good rest of the week, a good weekend, and I'll see ya Monday

well, i just watched prison break - john doe episode (yep, once again, WAYYYYYYY behind u guys!!!!!!!!)and freakin WOW!!!!!!!! that was an unbelievable episode! id lost faith in the whole series, after being such an avid fan and viewer of the first series, this one has somewhat let me down (until this episode!)
ive always loved T-Bag, but wow, he was amazingly on sickening form, and i LOVED seeing bellick get his comeuppance in prison (or rather...have the suspense of what was to come!)!!!!
just had to blog ab it because it really put my faith back in the series!!!!!! :D

This spring break vacation has been a good one. Even though I had to work, I managed to secure several days off during the week so I could enjoy myself. Last night I went to San Francisco with my friends. Having turned 21, it was my first time ever going to the night-clubs in the city. It was one of the best nights of my entire life, and I had a total blast. We hit up some really awesome nightclubs in the Castro district, which were totally awesome. I have tons of pictures from last night that I'll get up.

I have tons of pictures from last night. I will get a couple up for everyone to check out. I am supposed to start planning my summer vacation today with a couple friends. We are going to Honolulu, Hawaii. Gwen Stefani is on tour this summer- she's performing in Honolulu in late July, so we're trying to schedule our trip around the same date so we can go to her concert.

What are everyone's plans for the rest of the week? I have to work, finish up a school project, and then I am having a fun Easter weekend with my family. Looking forward to some quality time with my parents and brothers.

My InTurn application update: So me and my friend Gina are practicing the script. It's kind of a cheesy/dramatic script, so we're trying to rehearse the lines and get really into the script so on camera we'll have that natural chemistry ;). Which shouldn't be to hard, I don't think.

I'm looking forward to As the World Turns new intro appearing. As it was talked about on the message boards, I am excited to see new pictures of my favorite characters glaring, smiling, and snarling at the camera! Lol. :)