update

Here's an update on the next-door-ers:
All dogs have been found, all intact and doing quite well. No word on the dogs. They were (or still are) indoor cats and may have just ran away and are now trying to fend for themselves. The dogs are all doing fine, but one of them has made multiple trips to the vet. Probably due to breathing smoke or just being completely freaked out by the fire. Either way, they're still alive.

The home owner has very good insurance and the future looks promising in rebuilding the home. The fire seems to be have been mostly in the walls. Both she and her son are in remarkably high spirits and I am absolutely impressed by how they are handling this. Everything in their front lawn is being sifted through (charred, salvageable, not-worth-saving) and the last I saw, the family was having a party and were cracking jokes about the fire. I hope that I can act this way if something like this happens to me.

Today, I got a bike for my 21st birthday. Very nice. And the temperature was in the lower 90's, so needless to say, I didn't do much riding, sadly.

I am working on making another dress. Last week, I made a dress from an old pattern from the 80's. So awesome. And the fabric came from a bed sheet. The BEST use of old sheets. Lots of yardage for a few bucks. No store has those kinds of sales.

fire

This morning at 1:00, my family and I were woken up by our next-door neighbors house on fire. A mother, son, 3 dogs, and 2 cats were all presumed to be inside. We found out that the people were our of town, but the animals were still inside to our knowledge. While waiting on the sidewalk, one of the dogs got out and she was taken to a friend's house. We still don't know the status on the other two dogs and the cats, so please pray. It doesn't look good for them. It's been two hours and no sign of them. They could have gotten out and run away, since there was a dog door, so for now, I'm choosing to believe that.

blech

Being in nursing school, one begins to appreciate the little things. This type of rigorous curriculum makes it difficult to do anything except go to classes and study. However, since I am not able to study for hours without a clear end in sight, I have my minor outlet: knitting.
I have mentioned this before and I swear that it is the only thing that has kept me from being admitted to the mental health ward.
In previous posts, I have mentioned that I am working on various projects. I cannot get the camera to work, so pictures will be up later. I'm currently working on:

-Drop Stitch Lace Tank from Fitted Knits (60% done)
-Bubble Pullover from Knitting Nature (20% done)
-Marika from an Elsbeth Lavold knitting booklet (50% done)

I also just finished a dress from an old See & Sew pattern. What a break this has been from school!
Summer classes for me start up again on May 19th, which also happens to be my 21st birthday. ya-hoo. That will be 10 weeks of classes and clinicals (practicum at various hospitals on various floors) that will suck up all my time. I must get in as much of this fun stuff as the next two and a half months will allow zero time for dilly-dallying. oh well. For the rest of this week, I'll be living on a steady diet of yarn, fabric, Led Zeppelin and little rays of sun bending into my basement windows.