I am grateful as all heck to be doing as well as I am, given that I was a cyclist who got hit by a car on Tuesday afternoon. I’ve broken a bone in my wrist, and was banged up hither and thither all over various parts of my body, but I am walking, and talking, and I am on the right side of the dirt. It wasn’t good, but it sure could have been much, much worse.

I am grateful for Julie. She has been picking up a heck of a lot of the slack I’ve left all over the place this last few days.

I am grateful for a normal hum drum dinner at home this evening with the 4 of us around the table.

I am gratefil for a swrll time at Cooper’s cub camp at camp Barnard this weekend. Highlights includrd a hike to the top of Mt. Bluff, a great campfire, and canoing on the lake. Farley came, too.

I am grateful for a cusston of time spent painting in the studio this morning.

I am grateful for the fates that led to me bumping into the contractor and carpenter we employed to do our suite while I was eating lunch at the mall today. I liked those guys; and it was nice to hang out with them over food fair fare.

I am grateful for Julie, who helped me chop up a bunch of ingredients for the Cub Camp we’re embarking on tomorrow, and for the rice krispie trieats she made for the crew.

I am grateful for the opportunity to get a bunch of cuss done today.

I am grateful for lunch with my old pal Judd, every time we do that we say it’s been too long, and every time, it has.

I am grateful for time in the studio today.

I am grateful for time spent hanging out with Julie while we chit chatted and watched our kids do their martial arts class.

I am grateful for a trip to the mall for lego minifigs which the boys earned watering the neighbours plants while he was away, and an order of fries shared between the 4 of us afterward.

I am grateful for the opportunity to prepare and consume eggs Benedict for a while mess of family this morning, including our chosen family Auntie J, who happened to be in Calgary from Victoria this weekend too.

I am grateful for baseball in the park down the street from my folks’ place with my kids and their cousins.

I grateful for a quick visit with my brother and his family at their place, before he gave us a lift to the airport.

I am grateful for a safe journey home.