Crossland Seattle - Kent - Des Moines

Hi friends! I'm about to set off once again for Nairobi, Kenya! As you may or may not know, I started nursing school last fall (after being inspired by the nurses I worked with in Kenya two summers ago) and now I'm halfway to becoming a Registered Nurse. So two of my fellow nursing students and I will be volunteering at the Makina Clinic in the Kibera slum for 3 ...

... changed. I am very excited to go back to see how it will feel, if there will be a sense of nostalgia, or if I will miss my home in Seattle. I think I will feel a little of both. I will meet my brother in PA.and then we'll fly to ...

... stores selling anime VHS tapes, a video arcade, some place selling big chinese vases and other types of pottery, but the main focus of the place was a giant grocery market for all types of asian food. Giant tanks of live seafood, a chinese bakery, and a butcher with big rosted pig and duck carcases hanging in front of his little stall. The fruit section was really quite rich with things you don't always find, like ugli ...

... das größte Flugzeug das ich bisher bestiegen hab. An der lauschigen Business Abteilung quetschen wir uns vorbei zu unseren Sitzen. Wer schon mal letzte Reihe in der Mitte mit direkter Toilette neben dem linken Ohr und zur Krönung noch ein kleinen Quengler (@Claude: Dank für die Oropax) am anderen Ohr, der es nicht lassen kann nach herzenslust loszuschreien, der weiß was wahre Economy ist.  Ansonsten ...

... on keyboard! - Byebye Craggs :-( 4th and 5th July - Time on "da island!" i.e. Vashon Island - Happy 4th July! = hitchhikin mission to the harbour fireworks display (Driving Miss Daisy --> 3 squeezed in the back of a convertible --> in the back of a pick-up truck (yes even Grant!) lined with straw --> Beetle Brenda and her sweetheart Jimmy :-) banter ...

... it was more normal. Post birth - Sheryl's platelets have gone back up to normal levels!! (yeah!!! Enter crowd applause!) This is wonderful news.  However, her blood pressure has seemed to spike and right now they have put her on bed rest for a few days and some medications to bring it down. It is most likely a reversible thing - especially attending to it now and nipping it in the bud.  You can imagine this has been a little nerve wracking - on top of everything else ...

... radiation, and third at the end of the 7 weeks. The clinical trial is studying the benefits of adding a targeted medication called Tarceva, which basically cuts off the food supply to the tumor while doing less damage to surrounding healthy tissue. After a lot of research and discussions with our doctors, the docs in the family and polling of their contacts specializing in Oncology, it appears Tarceva makes a lot of sense and could be beneficial with ...

Hi Friends I keep saying I am going to keep my blog updated so I can track my life this crazy summer with photos and day to day experiences. Lots of transitions on the horizon as Martha and Abbey move to DC next week, Kerry is off next spring, Jim heads out in October, Kate leaves in a few weeks. I leave for travels in October, who knows when I return or where I will land. Babies are in the oven and on the ground. Just wrapped working on an event, that felt more like a film- a ...

... this party right. I spent most of the night at Contour and Cowgirls. Contour has a wicked happy hour with food and microbeers (Kaz & I figured that out first hand last July.4), with a chill lounge and dj mixing later on in the night. Cowgirls is a Coyote Ugly knock off and has entertainment which is pretty easy on the eyes. 5am snuck up quick and before I knew it I was on a bus heading to the airport....

... rough with tough, physical endurance activities. I want to climb a rockface! We weaved our way through some of the exhibits - we lay on a bed of nails, and a computer machine, after asking lots of personal questions, told me that I'm not really 24 but, according to the data, my bodies thinks I'm still 17! I buy that! We had come a bit late and found the Center was closing before we got to check everything ...