It was a l-o-n-g week

Why is it that a three-day weekend makes the subsequent four-day work week feel like it's eight days long? I think I'll blame some of it on post-vacation hangover. Kinda like complaining about still being affected by jet lag. Use the excuse for as long as it will work!

So, let's see. What's new? Dave is suffering with a broken tooth and has another 11 days before he can see the dentist and (hopefully) have the problem rectified. In the mean time he's eating soft food and dealing with hunger pangs. He'll probably drop a couple of extra pounds (to go along with what we both hope are positive results of going to the gym a couple of times a week).

Yea, we all joined a gym--Planet Fitness in Wilmington. PJ strolled in the other night and found the tow of us on side-by-side treadmills, sweating our asses off (but not fast enough!) She said she was proud of the two of us, but commented that we need new workout clothes. Hey, I can't be fashionable AND sweaty at the same time!

Speaking of PJ, she gave us a scare Wednesday night. I answered the phone to hear she say, "I'm OK, Mom, really, I'm fine. I'm OK, really." To which I replied (very calmly, I think), "OK, then tell me why you called..." She had a mishap on her motorcycle, courtesy of the driver in front of her who elected to slow and then brake suddenly for a FAMILY OF CANADA GEESE crossing the road.

PJ also saw the geese, slowed as the driver in front of her did, but then didn't have a clear "out" when the other woman stopped. PJ tried to go around the car but the bike slid out from under her.

Talk about damn lucky... she separated her left shoulder, bruised a rib on the right, and has a couple of quarter-sized road rash burns on both knees and a skinned arm. She's sporting an arm sling for the next week-to-10 days and is a couple degrees shy of miserable (and bravely ignoring a prescription of Vicodin). My poor baby. She's headed to Florida on Tuesday with a girlfriend, to visit another girlfriend for eight days. I hope she uses the time to sit on her fanny with her arm in the sling and lets everyone else wait on her.

The bike needs a little cosmetic touch-up and a new part or two. Pretty good news all around. Bumps and bruises that will heal with time and patience.