Glad to hear that the cold is apparently cleared up. And the Olympics... Good lord, I'm glad I'm not streaming the games, it was bad enough seeing a still picture of that poor French gymnast when I was reading news online. I hope the poor guy makes a complete recovery, but his days as an Olympian are probably over before they really even started. What a heartbreak.

You really are doing spectacularly in the writing department this year! I'm glad you're writing more fixit stories for Sleepy Hollow, I really loved the characters but the scriptwriters truly screwed the pooch. I've yet to read your two long Falling Skies stories. I desperately need to get my eyes checked and get new glasses, so I've been putting off reading anything particularly long because I tend to lose all track of time when I fall into a well written story and I know that will happen.

Zip lining! Did you give a Parker-like yell of glee? I can never manage to go zip lining without yelling and hooting like a sugared up toddler. I'm glad to hear that you and your Mom had so much fun and I hope you do share pictures, I'd love to see them.

You might want to pick up some epsom salts, a hot soak will do will do wonders for the abused muscles. :) Digging uses entirely different muscles from other forms of exercise.