September, 2008
Greetings from St. Louis! We’re doing pretty good this month – considering we haven’t been flooded, had any hurricanes, or lost our retirement in the market. Alex has finished his first month of college (MIZ – ZOU!) Still a computer science major. He has all good reports so far – good classes, good dorm and roommate, good food (and lots of it). He surprised us with a 24 hour visit last weekend, mainly to see his friends and attend his high school football game. Seems like he’s become more grown-up already.
Ryan has “just” one more year in El Salvador. He seems to be more comfortable, more at home, and busier every time that we talk to him. He has volunteered to help a friend manually dig ditches to lay water pipes to a village that has no running water. He starts at 5:30am and it is over 100 degrees by 10am everyday. I bet he won’t complain next time we ask him to mow our lawn. Nothing new on his blog lately, but Mark will alert you when we get his next entry – they are always good!
Mark is working with the SAP project team at his company, CSI (not the TV show). He’s playing tennis almost everyday and bike-riding on weekends. He's given up on the 4th place Cardinals and already given up on the 0 and 3 Rams. Looking forward to a Rays–Cubs world series!!! We’re going to California Oct. 4 – 12 for our yearly family visit and to celebrate Mark’s dad’s 90th birthday. His sister put together a book of stories submitted by each family member about Herman.
Leslie has completed her 3rd chemo treatment and has great news – her Dr. reports that the tumor has reduced in size by approximately half!!! One more challenging treatment then the next four are supposed to be easier to take. Leslie has two alternate personalities going; a work persona with a wig that closely matches her regular hair, on a good day, and a sporty short blond/red one for evenings and weekends. She’s thinking the short one with sun glasses may be a good way to go incognito later on so clients won’t recognize her. She immensely appreciates all the cards, phone calls, and e-mails from all of you. It really brings home the truth of this amazing extended family we are all a part of.
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