Amazing!

Evan was released from the hospital at noon today. His release comes three weeks earlier than we expected, which is absolutely amazing. Appropriately, it was Karl who was there to take him home -- to his Minneapolis home, that is. We are all delighted. Evan, I'm sure, is happier than the rest of us can even imagine.

Now begins the parent/sibling/friend camp out at Alyssa's. Karl, as mentioned, is there this weekend, which worked very well since Alyssa was teaching all day. Kit usually goes every weekend, but noticed a bit of a sore throat mid-week, so decided it was better to stay away this weekend. Paul will go up for the week, come home on Saturday, and I'll go up on Sunday for the following week. I still haven't been able to convince Evan or Paul that knitting will make these weeks fly by. In fact, any mention of taking up one of the needle arts gets me quite the perturbed look from Evan. Of course, that doesn't deter me.

It's a little surprising that Paul hasn't caught on to grabbing the needles yet. Whenever we go for a road trip of any distance (farther than Stevens Point or Marshfield), I bring some knitting. "Someone has to drive; someone has to knit" is a motto that serves me well. Of course, alternating weeks in Minneapolis is not conducive to riding together, and knitting while driving might be even worse than texting, but I'll get my knitting time in while I'm there. I'm already lining up the projects in my mind. And, if I run out, I still know how to get to my favorite yarn shop. My Minneapolis world is small: Alyssa's, Hospital/Clinic, great co-op (O.K., a little pricey, but a straight shot to and fro) and yarn shop. I really am looking forward to going there in a week. And not just for the yarn fix. I haven't seen Evan for two weeks. Another week isn't long, but then it will be three weeks. That's a long time when his wellbeing is at the forefront of my mind day and night. Yup, I'll admit it: I need an Evan fix more than any yarn.