It's been a bad week...

Monday was heavy rains, and so our basement flooded. While cleaning up the flood, I managed to slip and hyperextend my knee. Tuesday I went to the gym, and somehow, without noticing moved weirdly enough (probably compensating for the knee) that I pulled both hamstring muscles. (Those are better now.) Thursday I managed to fall and twist the unhappy knee (I can feel it still trying to hyperextend, and all the ligaments and stuff are loose) and again bend it backwards. Cayne's worked late every night this week.

I want it to be Saturday so I can curl up and hang out with Cayne.

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CNN is reporting that the roads into and out of the Vatican are closed in expectation of Pilgrims and well wishers for the Pope.

They're also reporting "cardiocirculatory collapse."

I wonder if the Pope's desire to stay in his own residence is a sign of his making peace with the end of his life, and a way of avoiding some of the more invasive, life-prolonging treatments that might be used.

Whatever happens, I wish him a peaceful passage into whatever comes next.

( amusing but disrepectful thought )

A question for those who know more about the Catholic faith than I do...

In Judaism, numbers and numerology can be very significant. Seven, eighteen, and so on. Numbers have great meaning.

So I know that once the Pope dies, there are nine days of mourning before the College of Cardinals picks the new Pope. Why nine? What's the significance, where does the choice of nine come from? Tell me more about it, please?

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CNN.com is reporting that Reuters and Italian media outlets are reporting that the Pope has died. They're unconfirmed reports, and official word hasn't come yet.

ETA: Dr. Sanjay Gupta is on CNN and saying that the reports are saying that the electrocardiogram has gone flat, and explaining the meaning of that.

ETA 2: 1:46 PM ET. 8:46 Rome time, CNN is now reporting that there are conflicting reports among the Italian media about the Pope's condition. They're also saying that at least one of the Italian agencies is reporting that the EEG, measuring brain activity has gone flat, not the EKG as reported before.