Weird day

This morning during breakfast we had the back sliding door open and Violet came in with a bird in her mouth.

She dropped it on the floor and after begging her to take it back out again with no success, I went and got the broom and prepared to sweep it out the door. Whereupon it decided to fly all around the living room for ages. It kept perching on the curtain rod and on the chandelier. Dan and I were coming at it from opposite directions to no avail. Stupid thing. Finally he threw a towel over it and I scooped it up, carried it outdoors and it flew away.

Then Owen and I biked to the UCD craft center - he is taking a woodworking class this week, and told me about how they had him wearing a respirator, goggles and various other safety gear. When we came home and had lunch it was time to pick up Douglas and take the kids to the dentist. They had a checkup.

We went outside and the car wouldn't start. It turned out it had a dead battery. But we had to be at the dentist in 30 minutes so we hopped back on our bikes, picked up Douglas and biked over to the dentist (who luckily is only a couple miles away). The checkups went well, although the dentist reiterated his statement that Douglas has crowded teeth and will eventually need orthodontic work. Owen's look good.

Came home, called AAA, and the guy showed up in about 15 minutes and ran some tests and replaced the battery right there in the driveway. That was easy, at least.

Whew!