Any of you monkeys want a banana?

Well, that's settled, at least for now. I won't be pulling my weblog from the xml file. The latest little discovery was made when I displayed the full text (or so I thought it would be) in the RSS page (it's a XML parser, after all). I got only a portion of the text, and no pictures, no links, etc. So, obviously, I'm missing something in regards to the parser. One more thing to look into.

I got some depressing news last night...Rachel is testing positive for tuberculosis, and as I understand it, will need to take medication for an extended period of time. She'll never be able to take a TB skin test again, because of the possibility of a severe reaction. There's no danger of her spreading it to anyone, though, which is a relief. It's so difficult watching your children go through these situations...whether it be health, job, personal relationships, whatever...I'm sure my mother (my father died when I was 16) suffered in silence when things weren't going well for one of her children. There's nothing to do for it, though, except to help her be faithful to the medication schedule.

Well, I gotta go to a volleyball game today in Detour. Gotta support the team, you know.....