Ed has begun his college classes. YAY! I drove up to Seattle last week and moved him into dorms. Actually had a nice visit with Kirk - stayed at his apartment while I was there. Met his wife (they're separated, but she's at his place a lot) Melissa. She's a sweet gal.

Ed's got two roommates, both Asian, and so far he's getting along with them. He got enough grants and a stafford loan to pay all his tuition and most of his room and board. Kirk's parents are paying for books. He'll have to take a short term loan and get a job to fill in some gaps, but overall its working out well for him. He's taking 16 credits this quarter, which I think is a lot but he thinks he can handle it. He's taking 2 linguistics classes (1 lecture/ 1 lab), 2 computer science (1 lecture/ 1 lab) and English Comp. UW is HUGE with 40,000 students (30,000 under grads and 10,000 graduate students). It has its own damn zip code its so big, and its own police department. He'll be 18 on the 9th. I can hardly believe that.

Anyone wants to write, he's at sewerbird@gmail.com or send money/food (ha) to:

1101 NE Campus Pkwy
Terry Hall #715
Seattle WA 98105-6604

cell # (908) 884-3651 (my old phone)