...to. We've been working a lot in the garden.  Pulling up exhausted plants, testing pH content, re-arranging soil, setting in the cold frames--all of this has taken far more time (and energy!) than Lachlan and I had anticipated--standard operating procedure around here.  However, I have to say that I'm quite pleased with the end result:    Now, all we have to do is plant our seeds in...

...read over the print-outs. It was a nice healthy heartbeat and the gentle, regular beep beep of the monitor was soothing to her. It was such a different sensation to when she'd sat day after day at Lachlan's bedside when he was in a coma. Then, the heart monitor was slow and flat, stabbing away at the inner most facets of her heart with every beep because she'd never been able to stop waiting for...

Who: Riley & Lachlan Where: Campbell Home When: Tuesday Evening Follows: THIS and THIS ___________________________________________________ Riley looked at the pile of paint cans sitting on the polished wooden floors of the empty bedroom in the Campbell home. They'd bought far too much, but it didn't matter. The fact the Lachlan had discussed paint samples with Tara, asked Riley to come...

Who: Lachlan to Riley Where: Princeton Police Department When: Monday morning Follows: Nothing ___________________________________________________ Lachlan massaged the middle of his forehead with his finger as he listened to the ringing on the other end of the line. "Come on... answer," he mumbled and slumped forward with a sigh of relief when the line connected. "Riley? It's me. I need a...

Who: Lachlan & Patrick Where: Princeton Plainsboro Teaching Hospital When: Saturday evening Follows: THIS and THIS ___________________________________________________ Pat watched as Lachlan dragged himself into his hospital room and slumped down into the visitor's chair closest to his bed. His best friend then proceeded to lean forward and drop his face into his hands, though from behind...

Who: Lachlan & Riley (maybe others later) Where: Princeton Plainsboro Teaching Hospital When: Friday night Follows: THIS ___________________________________________________ Lachlan splashed his face with water and then peeled some hand towel off the dispenser to wipe the dampness away. He avoided looking in the mirror. He was sick of seeing himself looking tired and drained, but he was starting...

...to be a craft day. We are going to work on some projects that have been hanging around the house for a while. For instance: This is our new feast gear box, or it will be as soon as we fix it. Lachlan got these huge sheets of extremely dense Styrofoam from work and he's going to use those to section the interior of the box: I'm going to cover the Styrofoam with some very nice fabric I've...

My, how time flies when you're down for the count! Here it is Wednesday already. Last thing I clearly remember is Sunday night, when Lachlan was helping everyone in the SCA Dell tear down their tents and get their gear packed away! Weird! The Autumn Great Plains Renaissance Festival went very well, as I understand. I wouldn't know, I hardly left the SCA's area. This year, we had set up what we...

...– it looked like a cross between the sort of dome you’d find an underwater city inside in a sci-fi movie, and the head of a mace, though the “spikes” were more like small turrets of some sort. Lachlan wasn’t entirely sure what they were just yet, but now that they’d entered the first structure, they were out of sight. Besides, he had other questions to ask. Apparently he also had a lot of time...

...at predicting what will happen this week, but if this is it, then-- yeeesh! Oh well, if you can't work outside, then you work inside, right? At least we'll have plenty of hot water to use--Yes, Lachlan the Wonder Husband installed the new water heater, and it only took about 3 times longer than he thought! He's getting better at estimating time involved in unpleasant activities! So, plans for...