monday already?

friday afternoon robin called me asking for a ride to urgent care. she had been feeling some pain in her back/leg since the sunday before, but it had become unbearable by friday. so i bailed on my work (which is waiting for me right now) and headed down to get her. x-rays show nothing notable...although an x-ray may not detect a bulging disc...mostl likely a strain of some sort. muscle relaxers and vicoden were prescribed. the scripts got her through the night, but a drive was impending on saturday morning.

we got through the drive ok, well she said so anyway. the dog was acting restless, not sleeping like he usually does in the car. he had been having some poop issues of late but we figured it was due to teething. more on that later.

my father in law's retirement celebration was nice...in a very small town sort of way. i really don't know what they will do without him, he played so many different roles that no one person will be able to step in and accomplish what he had. i guess that is what happens after 30 years somewhere...

anyway, we were at the party for around 5 hours...well within oliver's bladder window. turns out the bladder was the least of our worries. we opened the door to the smell of dog poop...the liquid variety. poor guy got sick in his crate. he was upset...so upset that once we let him out he vomitted. so, i was on crate cleaning detail...robin did dog wash detail (still in pain mind you) and her sisters did house clean up...i don't know what we would have done without them. what a mess but we got it all cleaned up without a trace. it was 1am and i was exhausted. oliver was still upset, so much so that i ended up sleeping on the floor right next to his crate to calm him down. needless to say i didn't sleep much. but we made it through the night. the drive home was uneventfull and it was good to be home.

amidst all of this, i was still able to log almost 4 hours on the bike...not as much as i wanted but pretty good considering all that was going on. this weekend looks to be a scorcher...perfect for a bike race. bring it on.

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