Saturday, September 10, 2005
I slept in. Mom Ryan found out today that Morris Lahasky Nursing Home is willing to keep Tommy, so she might arrange for that to be his new permanent home. There's still a possibility that Tommy might be moved out to California instead—they're investigating the possibility of that now. Mom Ryan went for a walk. Patrick did homework and Lodestar work. I cut my hair. I wrote a check to Steven Lu today—he's collecting money before September 15 to donate through his employer, Affymextrix. We're donating through him because Affymetrix is generously matching donations 100%. Until just a few days ago, I had thought all the money we would donate would go to Mom Ryan directly, but now that it seems she has been very fortunate, I feel we can certainly donate more to help others. Ran to the post office, then picked up a few groceries. I notice today that Google has indexed the Katrina page I created—that was quick. After creating a web page and making it findable by linking from a page known to be indexed in Google, it's not certain how long it will take for Google (or any search engine) to index the new page. Sometimes it takes months, but this was only about a week. Now people searching Google on, say, "Esther Callia," will find our page and connect with us to share information and whereabouts. There are only 5 people left that Mom Ryan doesn't know if they are safe. Work for Corinna: shipping labels round 2.