AWOL

Wow, what a weekend so far.

I had to drive to the camp where I'm holding my dance camp in two weeks in order to take a look at the new accommodations they've built so I can decide where to hold various events. Plus I need to figure out how to assign rooms, always a tricky thing.

I had planned to go Saturday and invited a friend along because it's a three hour drive each way. Well, it turned out we needed to go Friday night in order to be back early afternoon Saturday, so that threw my plans into a turmoil. But I'm flexible (sometimes!)

I got back home yesterday around 2 pm and took a brief 30 minute nap. After doing some cursory cleaning (and cursing at my youngest who is a pig), I decided to go out for my run. But before heading out, I checked my phone and saw a missed call from my ex. Now, he hasn't called me in three and a half years, so I knew something was up. So I returned his call, and after telling me that my youngest was in a car accident and that the car was totaled, he started to tell me in a very irritated voice about the accident. I interrupted to find out how she was, he said fine. After more questions on my part I discovered she was at the hospital emergency room. So off I went.

She's OK, very much banged up, her right leg is in a brace and she's on crutches. The airbag deployed, the seat belt held her, and in addition to a bruised face, she has lacerations on her neck where the seat belt cut in. All I can say is thank you Toyota for what turned out to be a very strong little Corolla. I've always loved that car - it was a 98 with 185,000 miles on it.

She's home, she's on pain meds, and she's been asleep since 8 pm last night. I'll worry about the rest of it later.

I finally got out for my run this morning. I was scheduled for 2 X 10-2, but decided I wanted a longer run, so at first thought to do 4 X. On further thought, I decided to push beyond what I'd done before and go for 5 X. Well, I wasn't quite back, ran out of music, and had to run on to get back to my car. So the final result was 5.5 miles in 67 minutes. Clearly I'm not going for speed!

OK, NOW I'm ready for the weekend. Bring it on!