Drill stop, looking down

We broke off early this evening -- 9:30pm -- because the drill is broken. A link failed, and the lead assembly is down at the bottom of the hole. No more drilling until Wednesday sometime. It was a double-point failure, apparently both a sensor and the latch failed from dust.

Otherwise... my grandmother is worse, not eating and only drinking a little bit. My mom has flown back to Kansas to be with her there. The hospice-care folks say thaty she probably has only days left.

This has been hard... long hours at work, plus distance and stresses here haven't helped.

Viola Hawver, 1909-2005

About two hours ago, I received a call from patgreene that my grandmother died earlier this morning in Kansas. I don't know what I'm doing, here in Spain, and am still kind of shocky even though it wasn't unexpected.

when it rains...

patgreene has been coughing up more blood, her doctor thinks it is some kind of thrombosis, and she's been ordered to the emergency room at Stanford. I need overnight childcare if she gets admitted. And no one has told the kids yet about their grandmother.

I am trying to come home early -- the memorial service is Saturday afternoon -- but if Pat's hospitalized... (shakes head).

Oh, yeah, the drill is still broken, too...