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Nationals, Day 2
This morning was rough. We had the early game, so a 5am Denver start it was. Shoulder, sore. Knee, janky. Ribs as tender as it gets. Wonderful. At least the weather was much better, and I saw for the first time why people might like to live down here (at least for the last 20%…
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Nationals, Day 1
I’m in Saratoga for the US AFL nationals, and just finished day 1. The good news is that we’re through to the semi-finals tomorrow, and thus our tournament continues. The bad news is that after beating the Portland Steelheads (?), we went scoreless against the Maine Coons Cats. They kicked 3-13, so it could have…
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Octavia’s Birthday
It is hard to believe, but O turned two. 24 months ago she was just a little crying potato that we took home from the hospital, and now she really is her own person. It was a lovely day. Ky, as always, put on the full works; starting with a toy party outside her room…
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Unbroken
I got my xray results back today. No fractures, no cracks. Still not 100%. It’s touch and go on whether I fly out. I’ll make a decision Thursday evening.
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Navigation
This afternoon was committed singularly to fixing a too long ignored medical issue; my perennially sore ribs. About two months ago, a collision during a football game gave my lower ribs a real hammer blow, and it took about fours to recover. I have been doing light training, knowing full tell that in only a…
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Sweeter, won
There is a quote from one of the classic movies of the early 20th century: “Money won is sweeter than money earned”. And while our family didn’t win any money recently, what we did win was a little cat toy from a claw machine. It took a few goes, and we could have ordered one…
