Once again thanks to everyone for their well wishes and happy vibes for my ankle. I’m doing amazingly well with the new brace. I’m able to get around with a minimal amount of pain. With the addition of a cast protector, I was able to get into the pool last night too! The best of all, I was able to get to my child, who had fallen and was injured to pick her up and comfort her. The past week of being unable to pick up a monkey while balancing on crutches was just too frustrating for this klutz.
I spent the morning fighting with my laptop to get it to connect to the network. My old card just would see the LAN and while mom had a new one, my laptop is a base model from the office with no floppy or cd drive. Nice huh? How to get a driver on there. Nice trick. Well after 2 hours of fighting, I managed to get a connection with the old card long enough to download a driver. I’m on using the new card now. I was unsuccessful over the last 2 hours in trying to establish a connection with the office. Computers sometimes suck. I give. At least today was supposed to be over at 1 and I’ll probably be going to the office on Monday. Should be a fun commute.
As Deb so nicely pointed out, today is indeed my birthday. While some people have trouble with the 0 birthdays, I have a harder time with the 9’s. This is one of those. My last birthday in the 30’s ;) I’m going to take the day off and spend it with my folks, the twins, and this:
my double dog dare shawl, aka Birchington, on her ebony needles. I took her outside for a quick photo in the dappled sunlight on the folks patio. After an afternoon of sun and fun, we’ll be going out for dinner to one of my favorite restaurants. It has great food, a wonderful casual atmosphere and best yet, it is family friendly. If you’re ever in Fair Lawn, NJ, you need to visit the Trackside Grille. We’ve had the twins there at all stages from tiny infant to present.
Have a great weekend.
Craft on.
17 responses so far ↓
1 Sue // Jul 22, 2005 at 1:15 pm
Happy Birthday! Enjoy your day, and the shawl is looking great!
2 elsie // Jul 22, 2005 at 2:28 pm
Happy Birthday Risa! I’m happy to hear you are mending nicely and looking forward to your day of knitting and birthday dinner.
3 Carole // Jul 22, 2005 at 3:28 pm
Happy Birthday, Risa! Mine’s in September and it ends in a big fat 0. The only other thing I’ll say is that I’ve got you beat by a year. Blech!
Enjoy your day and hope the ankle continues to mend quickly.
4 Elaine // Jul 22, 2005 at 5:05 pm
Happy Birthday Risa. The shawl is looking great! I better start work on those markers.
5 Donna // Jul 22, 2005 at 7:14 pm
Happy Birthday! Enjoy “your” day with your kidos and family. Just watched the news and it does sound like your commute to work on Monday will be an adventure.
6 laurie // Jul 22, 2005 at 7:59 pm
hippo birdies ;o)
hope the day was lovely…your birchington certainly is! :o)
7 Maryellen // Jul 22, 2005 at 8:54 pm
Happy Birthday! Getting older is not wonderful but it is better then the alternative. And as my buddy Maureen always says, Hey now you can’t die young!
8 Laurie // Jul 22, 2005 at 9:00 pm
Happy birthday! I think each one is a cause for celebrating.
9 Chris // Jul 22, 2005 at 9:22 pm
Happy happy birthday! Glad the ankle is improving.
10 Cassie // Jul 22, 2005 at 11:59 pm
Happy Birthday! Whew, I almost missed it, but I think I made it just under the wire.
Yes, computers sometimes suck. But without them, we wouldn’t be able to connect with all these fiber friends. At least a little something to be thankful for.
11 Lynne S of Oz // Jul 23, 2005 at 7:42 am
I’m a little late, but hippo birdie two ewe
Glad to hear the ankle situation is getting under control.
12 Kim // Jul 23, 2005 at 7:54 am
Happy Birthday!!!!
13 Denise // Jul 23, 2005 at 12:10 pm
A day late Happy Birthday. I haven’t been lurking much lately, will go back and see what happened to you.
I turned 39 this year also, and having a hard time with it. The 29 & 30 bday’s weren’t that great for me either.
14 stephanie // Jul 24, 2005 at 9:55 am
Happy, happy birthday! Kiss the twins and have a wonderful day.
15 Lisa Hoyer // Jul 25, 2005 at 10:15 am
Happy Birthday (a little late). I was down in Montclair celebrating my Mom’s birthday which is the same day as yours. At least we drove instead of taking the train and having to go through Penn Station on Sunday. Glad to hear you are feeling better - hope your commute goes well today.
16 Erin // Jul 25, 2005 at 1:30 pm
Happy Birthday! And enjoy that wonderful day off!
17 Nancy // Jul 25, 2005 at 1:31 pm
Happy Birthday from an older (by 355 days) fellow Leo! I don’t know … that 0 birthday next week is not making me feel so great.
Glad to hear you’re recuperating well. Good thing the munchkins are up and running or it would be really awkward
Good job on the DDD so far too. Enjoy your day.