Good news tidbits...

[jay]

While I'm scrambling to finish the cover forms for two proposals... a pleasant interruption from my parents.

- My father just got word that he's been accepted into an experimental study treatment program for his usually-terminal IPF lung condition, after a year of trying :D

- My mother had her gallbladder removed last Friday (didn't tell her kids or anyone, as usual... sigh) but is recovering well, without the complications that cyan_blue has had to experience, and

- the football team of one of my universities (Georgia Tech) will be playing in a minor bowl game here in the SF Bay area (Emerald Bowl ?) on 12/29. I'll be back and intend to go. If anyone else local wants to tailgate, let me know...

Comments

[katster.livejournal.com]

My Bears are in Vegas for their minor bowl. If they'd gone to the Emerald, I'd have been there no questions asked, but since then I kinda earmarked the money for other things.

If I were still living in the Bay Area as opposed to Sactown, I'd be tempted to go make an afternoon of it and root for Tech with ya. :) But since I'm not, I'll just be there in spirit. G'luck to your team. :)

-kat

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

Is the Emerald held at UCB? Can't be at Stanford, as they've just demolished their stadium...

Good luck to your Bears! :)

[katster.livejournal.com]

It's actually in San Francisco. They convert Pac Bell Park to a football field just for the bowl. (And yeah, I can't believe Stanford's doing that.)

(Emerald was originally supposed to be MWC 2 or 3 against Pac-10 6, but the Pac only qualified five teams this year, so that's how Tech ended up there.)

Thanks for the luck-wishing. We're actually playing BYU, who are the rivals of the team that's playing yours, so it should be fun. (Mormons vs. Hippies, in Sin City. This amuses me.)

-kat

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

Heh. The Mormons vs. Hippies angle is amusing. Tie-dye vs. white shirts and neckties... University Ave. vs. the Utah desert... chai latte vs. Ovaltine and milk...