Smoothie!!

I went into Case's caf really quickly between Econ and Politics & Markets. And there were Strawberry Banana Smoothies! Life was glorious. And yummy!

Macro and the Fed

I had a fun little moment in Macroeconomics today as the professor explained the effects of the Fed's changing the reserve requirement. Suddenly, a random fact we learned in high school econ that wasn't really explained and thus was rather mysterious made sense. So that was fun.

Happy Earth Day!

Do something nice for your planet today, folks. Love your Earth. 'Cause it's a good little planet. And it's not even covered in snow right now, as was expected!

Good Day for Ashley

"Good Evening, As I said Day by Day, Hour by Hour things will change. Ashley is doing well. She waited for her dad to get to the hospital, and she said "Hi", "Cody" and "Dad". What an unbelievable thing to hear. The prayers that have been said are begining to be answered. When Russ left the room to call me, Ashley kept calling for him, till the nurse went and got him to come back in the room. Over the past 30 days Russ has put Ashley's mp3 player on her and him and he would sing to her. AShley told him to Sing to her tonight. We have a long road ahead of us, but we are ready for the journey. Thank you for all the prayers, Please keep them coming, We love you all so much, Russ, Julie, Ashley and Katelyn"

No REL Today

Our teacher emailed us saying she was sick...so we didn't have Islam today. Boohoo! Got a bit of chemistry work done after Arabic before my meeting, though, so that was nice. Tonight is a Shalom Center Guiding Committee meeting. I'll be home by 8:30 and be able to get some more done. Definitely missing my religious studies, though...

Crystal Field Splitting

We had fun in chemistry today! I get it! I love it when this happens.

Oh, this is very, very fun. I am getting seriously geeked over here...


Dude! (I keep coming back and adding lines to this post as I get geekier.) This is really fun.

For the record: Nickel likes to be in a square planar molecular geometry. I'm sure you were incredibly curious.

Update on Ashley

Monday, April 20, 2009 9:14 PM, EDT
"Good Evening, Ashley had a good day. She had physical therapy and speech therapy today. She no longer needs to have oxygen on, they caped the trech so she has to breath through her nose and mouth. She seams to have a smile when her daddy asks to see one or when he sings to her. Thanks for all the prayers and support. Love Russ, Julie, Ashley and Katelyn"

But...

Tuesday, April 21, 2009 8:44 AM, EDT

"Good Morning, Last night was not a good night for Ashley. We received a call from the nurse about 8:38 p.m. and Ashley was really upset. She was crying and they couldn't get her to calm down. We called Aunt Patty, she is right there in Saginaw and she went down to the hospital. They ended up giving Ashley some morphine, but it wasn't helping much. They had to put her back on the c-pack to help regulate her breathing. Around 11:30 p.m. they gave her more morphine and by 12:00 a.m. she was resting. She slept for about 4 hours. As the time went she started getting upset, so they gave her morphine again, they want her to stay calm, she starts moving around the bed and they don't want her to hurt herself. We don't know what kind of sign this is. If she is starting to get aware of what is going on and she is scared, or what she is thinking. As we have said Day by Day, or even sometimes it is hour by hour. I posted that notice last night and then we got the phone call. I know I have thanked you many times for all your support and prayers, I wish I could do more for you all. The support and prayers is all we have. It is in God's hands so your prayers help so much. Thank you, Julie"

Obviously the fact that she was crying isn't great. But it is rather responsive...so this could be good, in a way.