It was great to be home, but the past week was the best vacation ever.

( There's no place like home. )

THE BAD

• I was swerved into on the access road to I-40, consequently got a hole in my tire I could put a fist through
• Nolan told me I should have let the car hit mine
• Ethan (who is 350 miles away) got nine staples in his head by hitting his head on the diving board
• My mom had to take him to the Emergency Room
• I cried a lot today
• Nolan was grouchy about insurance and ER visits
• We had a BLAZING white hot argument/fight thingy
• I got dive bombed by a  freaking bird in the backyard
• I have a headache, puffy eyes and an emotional hangover

THE GOOD

• Nolan called one of the shop guys and my tire was fixed in under 30 minutes
• I was uninjured
• I picked up a new hurricane lamp thingy that we won at the silent auction Saturday night
• I got a list of tentative audition dates for the new season
• Ethan is still not afraid to do a backflip off the diving board *sigh*
• Ethan is (for the most part - minus the 9 staples) okay
• My Mom is a good grandmother and cares for my children.  Tom has unending patience. 
• AJ had a great time at tennis and golf camp
• Nolan apologized profusely for being a GTA
• I weeded the flower beds and they look fantastic
• There's a nest of baby birds in one of our trees
• I ate a coffee ice cream come with Heath bits from Marble Slab

So it all balances out, I think.

Let me tell you a tale.

It's a tale of woe. Of tears shed and dinner made lovingly. It might make you laugh so hard you lose control of your bodily functions.

No wait. That was me.

( ...could cause so much ado? )

It's all in good fun. I'm laughing, he's laughing.... though if he starts in again, I'm not above making good on the threat. *nods*