Sadiekate - sorry you're going thru that. It makes sense that small strokes could alter personality. Hope they get it figured out soon.

Lise - your cats sounds hilarious. How many do you have? My daughter brought home some fresh catnip for our little Zoe last night. It was in a ziplock bag in her purse but Zoe found it, ripped it open, and had catnip all over Carly's bed. Pretty strong smelling stuff...

I had my first spill on the road bike today - a stupid, slow-motion fall UPhill no less. All week, I've been only clipping in about half the time, tending to stay unclipped in heavy traffic or going uphill. Today I decided to bite the bullet and just stay in them as much as possible. Anyway, at the same time, I'm having a bit 'o trouble with my front derailleur and it's not shifting quite right sometimes. I started up a steep hill, was going fairly slowly, shifted down and the darn chain fell right off. Tried to unclip but was going too slow and ended up falling over. Got a bruise and some road rash just below my knee, and bumped my hip and elbow a bit. Didn't hurt too much but my knees were just shaking from the idea of it all. Ha ha, what a wimp I am sometimes. It's freaky knowing you are going to fall but not being able to do anything about it. Luckily Erik wasn't too far ahead and heard me swearing so stopped to help. Anyway, I'm glad I got that first fall out of the way. My knee's a bit stiff now that I've been home and resting awhile. Hope it doesn't interfere with riding tomorrow. I did well in the heat today. Maybe I'm getting used to it... Hope so...