6:34 AM

the last 45 minutes have been the most stressful and frustrating moments of my life so far. at 6:30 my dearest sister called me hysterical and really sick, she told me she couldn't get hold of mom and that she had been throwing up all night and felt like she was going to pass out. so got out of my bed woke poor cassidy up and stole her phone to see if i could get mom and dad they wouldn't answer so i hung up with di and called liz to see if she had a better plan diana was insistent on talking with mom, but no one would answer the phone and andrew wasn't responding to his cell phone either. So diana got a ride over to Liz's and i kept frantically trying to get a hold of mom the longest moment of my life was in between the time i had talked to diana before she was safe at liz's and before i had gotten in touch with my mother. Images of the rape of nanking pushed into my thoughts i couldn't help wonder where my family was and if they were ok. So i called my neighbor she told me she would find my mom and that everything would be ok i can not tell you the gratitude i feel towards this woman right now. Finally my mom called me telling me that the phone in their bedroom was on silent and that she was going to go pick up diana right now.

This is one reason why i despise being up here i am helpless and when faced with a situation like this instead of being able to walk upstairs and wake up my parents, or drive to the U to pick up a sick sister i have to find the means to do so by telephone so frustrating i am so glad i have loving siblings and that diana could trust me enough to take care of her that to me is more imprtant than anything in the world i am so thankful for my loving parents who take care of our every gripe and moan and do so in a loving manner most of all i am thankful that everyone is safe and that i will be home in two weeks from today