It was a very eventful weekend. First of all, thanks to all my Changing Focus friends who came out to the Art Gallery mixer on Friday night.. it was a great success and everyone seemed to have a great time.


Saturday I was up early to help with a photo assignment... my girlfriend was going to photograph the start of a sailing race on the bay and we were in a power boat, chasing down catamarans that were moving along quite quickly. The weather was a little chilly with the strong breezes and overcast sky, but we were having a good time until a series of unfortunate events collaborated to send her crashing onto the floor of the boat. She landed badly and broke her leg near the ankle in three places (as we would learn later). She was in a tremendous amount of pain and had to endure a bouncing boat ride back to shore to meet the ambulance crew, get some pain medicine, and then be transported to the hospital. She is home now... on Percocet and still in a lot of pain, awaiting the scheduling of surgery later this week to set the fractures and begin the healing process.


Sunday was my daughter's first horse show with her own horse. The last one was about 6 years ago at a different farm with a cute but unpredictable pony. She knows her horse very well now, and they did great. Two second place, two third place and three fourth place ribbons will now decorate her room. She really wanted to win an event, but was aware of the things she did wrong, and she, as well as her mom, stepdad, myself, various grandparents were all happy with the results. The next show is in October, and she is looking forward to that next chance to prove her and her horse's abilities.

So there were some very good times this weekend, but the injury tempered that and made me remember how quickly things can change. My girlfriend has a lot of people ready to help and praying for her quick recovery... I am one of them. :-)