Okay, so it isn’t exactly a “slashback” because this isn’t /. and this site doesn’t even run slashcode, but same concept. My mother is doing very well. Thanks for all your concerns. My grandmother isn’t as fortunate. She is currently in the hospital, again. She is not doing so well with her chemotherapy. I think she will prevail, because she is a very strong woman. All of us Ditch’s are (well not strong women, but strong all the same). We’re survivors, it’s what we do. While she was married into the family, she’s been a part of it for well over 50 years, so that counts.

I now have found an apartment in Rolla, MO where I will resume attendance at University of Missouri - Rolla. I’ve signed the lease and everything is official. The only problem is my lease doesn’t begin until June 1st. So…I’m still technically homeless. I’m still living at the Big K’s house (as noted here) in cute little Bonnots Mill, MO.

Speaking of Bonnots Mill, MO…Last night there was a chain of thunderstorms passing through. I think there were 4 different storm systems. The first system had a tornado that formed right over the lil’ town of Bonnots Mill. It didn’t touch down, but there was a nice little funnel cloud going. It just decided to move on down the line and spare us with only some baseball-sized hail. Yes….baseball sized. And let me tell you, you may have thought you’ve seen some hail damage before, but some of the dents in the cars around here I could put my fist in. Anyway, you can see some pics here in my album, once I get them all uploaded. Satellite internet isn’t quite what I’d call broadband :-.

Peace.