Happy Birthday!

Posted on April 7, 2005 by Donna

Today is my baby’s 30th birthday. So happy birthday to me! After all, thirty years ago I did a lot of work by giving birth, so I believe I should be honored, don’t you? Okay, just teasing. But I do know a man who sends his mother flowers ever year on his birthday as a way of saying “thanks”. Now how about that for class?

I talked to Robin this morning. Ken is in Seattle on business so she will have lunch with some girlfriends today but celebrate with family later this week. I’m sure Megan will treat her mom like the “queen for a day” that she is! Happy birthday, Robin!

Check my gallery page for a new sweet picture of Steven.

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Play Ball!

Posted on April 5, 2005 by Donna

Diamondbacks baseball started today. I know, I know, most people — non D-back’s fans — think it started yesterday with that 16-6 loss to the Cubbies, but since they won tonight, I say let’s forget yesterday’s game and just start the season over today. If Javier Vasquez is supposed to be our replacement for Randy Johnson, we are in for another loooooonnnnggg season ! I hope he just had opening day jitters yesterday and his next start will show us the fine form for which we hired him.

I must admit I was sorely disappointed for the Illinois basketball team last night. I think with the fantastic season they had, they should have won the championship. But North Carolina played like the Wildcats did a couple of weeks ago, only THEY didn’t let down at the end. So I guess they deserved the win. But I did feel for the Ilini.

Check out Richard’s blog. He and Dianna are currently on a temporary assignment in Rhode Island and they are chronicling their travels and travails.

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April Fool’s Day

Posted on April 1, 2005 by Donna

I was interested to learn the origin of April Fool’s Day and thought I would share it here. In the early centuries, the new year used to be celebrated for eight days, starting on March 25 and culminating on April 1. Sometime around the middle of the 16th century, France’s King Charles IX changed to a calendar that began on January1. Many folks did not catch up with the new tradition for many years, and continued to celebrate April 1st as New Year’s Day. These people came to be known as April Fools, and were the subject of ridicule and practical jokes. The tradition expanded to other countries and celebrations were even developed to commemorate the fun day.

Intel always provides great April Fool’s fun in the form of a crazy intranet with ridiculous stories, illustrations and links. Today was no different as we perused articles about the president leaving the company to join a rock band, an error in our bonus calculation requiring all employees to give the money back, soaring stock price, and even poking fun at our competitors (Oh NO!). All will be back to normal on Monday morning.

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All’s Well

Posted on March 31, 2005 by Donna

Mom was kept in the hospital overnight and underwent a barrage of tests. Everything came back normal (except her symptoms, of course) but the doctors could not find anything to treat her for (other than increasing her BP med), nor any reasons to keep her in the hospital, so she was discharged on Tuesday evening. She took it rather easy yesterday, and said she was feeling pretty well this morning.

The Suns clinched the division title this week. Their win over the 76er’s last night was partly a result of Steve Nash’s triple double.

“Lost” heated up again last night. I hear next week’s episode will have some more shockers . It’s one of the best new shows this season in my book.

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Mom in the hospital

Posted on March 29, 2005 by Donna

As I was in the middle of writing the UA/Illinois post, Mom called and said she was feeling poorly, her blood pressure was soaring, and the nurse at Fellowship Square suggested she go to urgent care. I went and picked her up and took her over, where they determined she needed to go to the emergency room. Her blood pressure was 203/101, pulse was 103, and her heart was skipping beats when we arrived at the hospital. I stayed with her until 9:30 p.m., and Daryl and Gisele were there until 12:30 a.m. She spent the night in the ER. When I called this morning, she said she had not slept at all, but they had done several tests (including a couple of EKGs and full blood workup) and had started her on some medication to get her blood pressure down. She was feeling better this morning, but was longing for a more comfortable bed.

More to come…

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The Fat Lady Sang

Posted on March 29, 2005 by Donna

We were all left in stunned silence after Saturday’s crushing loss to Illinois. Early on, I had told myself — and my co-workers — that I believed Arizona would make it to the Sweet Sixteen, and probably even to the Elite Eight, but I realistically knew getting past Illinois to the Final Four was going to be a feat. I turned on the game with that attitude, and at halftime, I was feeling calm, yet resigned to the fact that the Wildcats were playing well and making a good showing, but that Illinois was a phenomenal team. Then in the second half we started that run. The score differential mounted and I began to believe we just might have a chance. With a 15 point lead and four minutes to play, my hopes were soaring. But the Fighting Ilini came storming back, tied it up, and we went into overtime. Well, you all know the rest. After an exciting season and incredible fun watching that fabulous shooter ( Salim Stoudamire) and the center with finesse (Channing Frye), our season is history.

Thank goodness there is still plenty of sports to watch. We have the Suns to keep us entertained and baseball is just around the corner!

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