sammii

Yes, Mari, that's unfortunately very true.

I'm lucky that nobody in my immediate family has died of cancer (crosses fingers), but I know many people who have. There was a girl a few years behind me in school who died of Leukemia, and one of my best friend's mother died of ovarian cancer, and I could go on and on and on, unfortunately.

My hometown has a very high instance of cancer - way above the national average.

I speculate this has something to do with the fact that we're less than five miles from a US government proving ground where they used to test bombs and shells and the like - many of which were made with depleted uranium, and many of which are still there.

(read the link for more...'DU' is "depleted uranium" and JPG is "Jefferson Proving Ground.")

In other news, the day when I have to walk downtown to go shopping it's pouring down rain. Joy.

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I'm sorry to hear about your aunt, katya...

I hope everything works out.

Back from downtown, and I didn't get wet.

I took a bus there, and then it had stopped raining by the time I got back. Now I just need to do some laundry and pack and I'm ready to leave for Belgium tomorrow!

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Yep, and some books.

Bookstores are the Bane of Curu.

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Oh, I'm not terribly picky - I'll read pretty much anything.

Today I got a Terry Prachett book for my trip...and a beautiful paperback copy of Lord of the Rings...