Archive for September 15th, 2008

Finally got the chance to start seeing people in Portland this weekend. So on Sunday morning we packed up the car and headed for Tricia & Seb’s place in the middle of the country in Hillsboro. It’s a gorgeous spot on the top of a hill with views down two different valleys. They had even… »

After Tricia’s, I got to hang out with Casey for her birthday -leaving the boys (all 5 of them) to fend for themselves and heading off to an amazing free dance performance that moved between 4 different downtown water fountains. The choreography celebrated children’s play (as one of the themes) and it so viscerally reminded… »

Since I had a few hours to spare this morning, I got to join Lena and the girls at the zoo spontaneously.

The highlight (aside from holding Lila’s hand) was the baby elephant who was just learning to use his trunk (picked up a little branch and rolled it half-way up and then used his foot… »

And we finally got to see Lisa, who was immersing herself in OB certification info.

We waited for Gus to wake up then walked up the street to a little brewpub for lunch (ranch dressing!) Along the way we passed elaborate wild gardens and little tiled benches that people made for passers by. And Lisa ran… »

It turns out that Amanda was right and that kitty had panleukopenia -which has a 60-90% mortality rate. It’s so aggressive that the vet had to shut down the examination room we were in for the rest of the day and any of the people who took care of kitty could not treat any… »