Out of the loop, off the curb, and busy as ever

Ok, I have been missing a bit from everything. I barely check or post on facebook anymore, and have not posted anything on the blog in a while but I do read my friends' blogs to try and stay connected. I'm not twittering (don't really even know what that is) or anything else, I have just been really busy.

We went out of town for Easter weekend and it was wonderful. I don't think I could have squeezed one more thing out of that visit to my sister's. We went up Friday (I took a day off!) and had lunch with Meg, James, and Quincy. After that, we went to Meg's house and dyed Easter Eggs. Meg boiled the eggs and I helped Quincy dye them. It was a lot of fun and she enjoyed it. I also played a lot with Quincy. Friday nite, Meg and I jammed to Guitar Hero. Saturday, we got started early with a 10 am Easter Egg hunt, came home for lunch, and made sugar cookies which I helped Quincy decorate. Then, we went roller skating. Quincy would not skate with me :(. I had paid for us and rented skates for me. I spent the first 10 min getting re-aquianted with being on wheels as I had not skated in 18 years!!!! I was really proud of myself though for not falling.

Quincy would not get on the rink with me, but she said she would with Meg. I said to her "I'm not mama am I?" and she shook her head no and then said, "but I still love you". So I turned in my skates, loaned Meg my socks, and got a bigger size skate so Meg could put them on. Quincy went around the rink with her once and then wanted to play Skee Ball - go figure. Me - I put the skates back on and skated for another 20 minutes or so. It was so much fun and I felt like I was 11 again!!! What a fun time. After skating, we went over to my mom's apartment so that Quincy could swim in the indoor pool. We played Marco Polo, and Quincy jumped in and swam around without the bubble to keep her up. She has turned into quite the little swimmer. She did not want to get out of the pool. By this time, it was time to go back to Meg's for dinner, more playing, and more guitar hero after Quincy went to bed.

Sunday we attempted to go to church, but Meg was not feeling well at all. She had been sick all weekend with fever and allergies, and it peaked on Sunday. So Quincy and I went outside on a beautiful morning to play basketball. It was alot of fun, and it was hard to leave but it was time to go home :(.

Have just been super busy since then, and everything started off well this week except around 7:30 Monday morning I fell while stepping off the curb and crossing the street. I twisted my right foot and landed on my left knee in the middle of College Street. I have this lovely swollen foot and a two inch by one inch abrasion just below my left knee. I had a fight with the street, and the street won. I was so embarrassed. I think I would have done better if I had been on the roller skates! I didn't fall on the skates, but I can't step off a curb without slipping and hurting myself. It was slick as it had been raining, but what a terrible way to start a Monday. Fortunately, I am on the mend, and hopefully the swelling will be gone soon - I'm tired of ice and a very cold foot!

So what is up with the Counter?

From time to time I look to see how many 'hits' I have on my google profile with the counter. I know there are many of my blogger friends who are linked directly to my blog and bypass my counter, but I seem to have had three or four counts per day for a while. And then all of a sudden, the counter seemed to get stuck and then go a bit berserk. Friday, I had 1,876 'visits', and then nothing for days. Even when I would go on it and the number should go up, it did not change.

Then all of a sudden, it jumped from 1,876 to 1,900. Then it was stuck again, and then the next thing I see it is on 2000, then 2100, and now it is at 2200. Sometime between 1900 and 2200 it stays that even when I hit my profile page and the count should increase - very strange.

So I know you have all noticed this problem - just kidding as you have probably not. Anyway, I just have found it odd since I know when I hit the profile site the count goes up, but I wonder who else is hitting it daily. Now I can't even see the numbers change as they are totally whacked out!