shayla runs in the meet of champions for vermont this afternoon, then runs in the new england track meet on saturday in connecticut with the smith track coach watching her...but hey, no pressure.

laurie had a lovely birthday party last night. much merriment, aided by red wine and champagne, was had by all. happy birthday laurie!

our friend john has his last radiation treatment today. when we returned form california, we were told that his doctors had discovered that his melanoma had metastisized and he had tumors in his brain. the prognosis was not good, but he's been going through radiation treatments and has been having no side effects from the treatment, as well as being pretty much asymptomatic for headaches and stuff, but no one will know how well the radiation worked until he gets an MRI in 6 weeks. the whole experience is awful-we all want to try and have life to go on pretty much normally and we do our best but sometimes it's difficult to ignore the elephant in the room.