Graceful

This weekend was not a very graceful one for our family. My mom broke her leg and Megan bruised the bones in her elbow. Mom was carrying a box downstairs and misjudged the last step - the weight of the box didn't help her balance - and she ended up breaking her leg. I don't think the jet-lag helped her any, either! Megan was goofing around with friends at the football game. One friend had her arm and somebody bashed into her. She lost her balance and fell on her elbow. She didn't tell us about it because she just figured she had pulled something (even though her friends heard popping/crunching sounds). She kept quiet about it Saturday - as she didn't want to miss going to the Lorena McKennitt concert with David & Kate Saturday night. But Sunday morning during church I saw her tie her hoodie strings together and make a sling for her arm. We went to Prompt Med and they said it looked like she had fractured the elbow. They put a half-cast on it and gave her a sling. We took the x-rays to the ortho yesterday and he said she had badly bruised the bones and badly sprained the muscles. They took off the cast - but she has to wear the sling at least until we see him again next week. She's one tough girl - - but I wish she would have told me about it sooner! On a lighter note, Emily, Sarah & I went to the Ethnic Expo Saturday and had lots of great food, listened to some interesting music and saw a great firework display. We missed not having David, Kate & Meg with us as usual - but they were having a great time at the concert. I was supposed to go with them - but Em & Sarah ended up with things they were doing that weekend - and we couldn't get a sitter for so long. The concert was three hours away and so they had to leave in the early afternoon and didn't get back until after 2am. Sarah had a "Communion Mass" (mandatory attendance) so I had to be sure to get her there. I would have been too wiped out getting home that late to get them up for class and then services. You'll notice that Megan (again, what a trooper) made it! Of course she was able to sleep on the ride home. I can't sleep in cars anymore! It's dreary and rainy today and I don't really want to run my errands. The rain is great though as I reseeded several large areas of the yard Saturday.