My nephew Lucas, and the rest of the family

At about 6 pm on Thursday my nephew Lucas was burned by oil during a cooking accident. He's been in good hands (in addition to those of his parents), mostly intensive care and has begun to recover, but even if everything continues to go perfectly he'll be in the hospital until the 25th. On Friday my Mom and I drove down, so that my brother and his wife can stay near Lucas and won't have to worry about arranging for someone to watch their 3 other kids.

Sunday afternoon my Mom will be going home, but I'm going to stay down here to help until about a week after Lucas gets out of the hospital. This will take some pressure off while everyone is adjusting. I'm so glad that I can be here, and not have to worry about anything back in Pittsburgh. All of my roomates have been great about things like bills and living arrangements, including lil' Emily, who's going to be moving in in June. Speaking of June, that's when I'll be getting back to Pittsburgh.

Go to these for more info on what's going on with Lucas:
http://leaveittoavery.wordpress.com/
http://burakaeyae.blogspot.com/

I have a series of funny/nice anecdotes, which i'll get around to typing up some other day. Right now I'm going to bed.