What a Saturday!

Saturday morning brought us to our local ice rink for Naomi's first ice skating lesson. She has been looking forward to this for quite a while and so we were both anxious to see her do OK so she would not lose heart. She was grouped with about 10 4-6 year olds, all of whom had no previous experience with skating. The first class was about teaching them how to get back up if they fall and some very basic marching on the ice to get a feel for it. She did very well, listened to all the teacher said and did not fall down once. She had a great time and is looking forward to next weekend.

The rest of the day was supposed to have involved hanging around the house until going to see some friends later in the afternoon. At about 2:00pm, I was walking through our dining room and bumped my head on a low hanging light fitting which is normally above our table. However, we had moved the table to temporarily accommodate furniture from our sun room due to our new floor getting installed. In any case, your reaction is to put your hand to the bump...when I pulled my hand away, it was covered with blood. The glass fixture had chipped away and sliced open my head. So a relaxing afternoon turned into a trip to a local clinic where I got 9 stiches and a tetanus shot.

After this, we went over to see our friends and spend the afternoon drinking beer and watching the Redskins play Seattle in the NFL playoffs. Unfortunately the Redskins could not quite get it done but there was some excitement as they briefly took the lead in the 4th quarter.

The night was spent watching the final day of the cricket. Australia took it to the very end before Clarke's miraculous over to take the final 3 Indian wickets for a great victory. Not only did this ensure them retaining the trophy, but keeping their now world record equalling win streak alive. All of this wrapped up around 3:00am but despite the late hour, it was quite tough to settle down and get to sleep. Upon reflection, quite a busy day.