Beginning a New Year

Well, we got the New Year off to a smashing start, literally! A smashed head, actually, that ended up in the emergency room.

Well, that probably makes it sound worse then it actually was. Here' s what actually happened.

On Friday evening, dad was trying to make his way through our over-crowded garage (which is used primarily for storage) with an armload of groceries. With his arms full, he was, of course, unable to see where he was going.
Turning around, he tripped over a disemboweled trampoline; because his arms were full, was unable to catch himself; so hit his forehead against the sharp metal hardware on the garage door,and cut up his arms and hands as well. Dropping the packages, he also broke 2 half-gallons of maple syrup. It was a rather bloody (and sticky) sight when he came upstairs, but after a little water and soap, it came out not quite as bad as we first anticipated. When he cleaned all the blood up, it was decided that there were no broken bones, and besides his head, only a few scratches and bruises. The gash on his forehead from the hardware he decided was bad enough (and bleeding hard enough) that it warranted a trip to the emergency room. He got 5 stitches, and was home within an hour.

Although this wasn't exactly how we planned to spend January 1st, we were grateful that it wasn't any worse then it was; no broken bones or concussion, or anything equally as fun. Also, to look on the bright side, we got Becky and Edward to stay an extra day, to help "distract" the "invalid"!

But beside that incident, a round of the flu, and having 13 people living in our house over the holidays, we're off to a nice, normal, calm new year!