TC - you would have let James drive in Chicago traffic?? You are a brave, brave man.....
I don't know if brave would have been the right word. Perhaps "desparate" would better describe my situation.
I spent all day Saturday sitting in the Ohio State student union watching everyone elses "stuff". Eight hours of stuff watching.
Sarah's team competed with 39 other middle school teams from all over Ohio. They placed 16th overall. Sarah was in four individual events and scored between 9th and 18th place. She did best in an event called "Metric Estimation". Her job was to estimate weights of small objects. She asked the judge if she could put items on her head to estimate their weight. The judge OKed the practice. I think the judge thought she was crazy for doing that, but when she had been practicing at school, she put various weights on her head (for fun) and got pretty good at estimating that way (weigh?). Anyhow, she placed one item on her head and estimated it's weight at 230 grams. It turns out that it actually weighed 232.6 grams. Not bad. That turned out to be her best event.
The awards ceremony was mercifully short. It can take hours to pass out all the medals, ribbons, and trophys. But it took less than an hour to present all the awards.
My ankle paid a hefty price for yesterday. I tried to keep it elevated, but I couldn't put ice on it, nor did I feel like I should remove my aircast and do any physical therapy. When I got home last night, the ankle was swollen and a bit purple. So today I will lay on the couch with icepacks and try to get the swelling back down.
The Friday night DISmeet in Columbus was a bust. Nobody else was able to come. When I got back to the motel, I called Helenabear and had the opportunity to speak with her as well as Merriweather (Nancy) and Beth and Dave. I had actually called and left Elaine voicemail and, when she called me back, my cell phone reception was poor, so I got up off the bed and walked towards the window of the room. I forgot that I wasn't wearing my aircast and I actually walked one step on my ankle. I was surprised that I didn't fall down. So my ankle does work (although I'm not supposed to put that kind of weight on it for at least two more weeks). It was great having the opportunity to be at the DISmeet in voice and spirit. Thanks too to Dan who called me the next day when he noticed that I had called him on Friday evening (even though I didn't leave voicemail).
If you do this again next year, perhaps I can arrange to be there. I sure hope so.
Have a great Sunday afternoon.
Happy Birthday Todd!! 
When do we get to cut Jarrod's cake? 
I was so focused on the the fact that you're not dealing with fibro, I missed the paragraph about DH's grandmother, Karen! 
I'm on an ice cream and brownie run....anyone want in?? 
Had they all gone somewhere?
crazy: Nice to see you back safe and sound.
