Friday, November 04, 2005

And the Leaves of Green Turn to Brown

Well, if this past week is any indication of how this season will progress, it is going to be a rough one. As the leaves rebel in their last act of life in the defiant splendor that is autumn, my heart seems to echoe their cries of pain and anguish. As I watch the leaves drift brokenly to their rest on the ground, part of me longs simply to lie down among them and wait for the snows to come cover me forever.

My mother and I went to visit my grandfather yesterday morning and found him unconscious on the floor of his apartment. We then spent the rest of the day yesterday in first the ER and then the ICU with him and calling relatives. They don't know what is wrong apart from elevated white blood cell count, lowered red blood cell count, and high ammonia levels but they don't add up to anything definitive.

I missed all my classes yesterday, inclusing my organic chemistry and genetics lab and have so far been unable to track down my TA's to explain this to them. I am afraid it will affect my grade adversely...

It seems like our automobiles are giving up in the face of the changing weather as well as Mom has had two flat tired this past two weeks, Dad's muffler is roaring in anguish, and Jordan's car flat out refused to go on and left us all stranded in Kent for 4 hours today.

What I really need right now is a good night out with some friends. But unfortunately all I have to look forward to is work and then more school...
I miss you all.
Huggles...