Fri, 12pm: Discover that I passed my Master’s comprehensive exams
Fri, 1pm: Administer exam to West Civ II class
Fri, 2:30: Meet Six and Mel at a tattoo parlour
Fri, 4:00: Unable to stop her premature labour, Amy has a C-section, and Matthew is born 11 weeks early
Fri, 5:30: SB and I attend a ceremony to induct me (and some others) into Phi Alpha Theta (professional history society)
Fri, 8:30: Go home to change
Fri, 9:30: Decide we are all too exhausted and weirded out to do more that evening
Sat, 10:30am: Meet Mel, Six and Mike for brunch
Sat, 12pm: Visit Amy at hospital
Sat, 1pm: See Matthew in ICU
Sat, 2pm: Play Arkham Horror with Mel, Loricious, Six, Mike and SB
Sat, 4pm: Lori has to leave for dinner plans
Sat, 4:20: Lori calls to say Dave’s dad (who has had cancer) is not doing well and that they are driving to Illinois to visit
Sat, 4:30: Mel heads out to visit her mom
Sat, 4:45: Ryan calls to say Dave’s dad has passed away; we continue to phone tree
Sat, 5pm: We are unsure how to spend the evening, sit around not saying much
Sat, 6pm: Mike and SB go out to pick up dinner; Six and I talk about death experiences and how all we can do is be there for our friends Dave and Loricious
Sat, 8pm: Ryan comes over to pass the evening; we play Descent