My daughter Elizabeth used to post occasionally on the FML when she was in high school. I still get emails from people who enjoyed her posts, and many of the people I meet at various ferret talks frequently ask about her. Yesterday, Elizabeth stubbed her toe and fell off her stairs, flipping over the railing and falling about 10 feet. She was lucky that a small table broke her fall. She has a bad concussion, tore some muscles, has a lot of bruises, and tried hard to pull her ear off her head, but the stitches are holding it back in place. Luckily she wasn't holding Elaina when she fell. Anyway, I'll be offline for a couple of days. I'll be babysitting while Elizabeth tries to recover. When I told my buddy Kim about Elizabeth's fall, she said it was "Genetics." Of course, what I didn't tell you was that last week I was playing with the ferrets in the backyard, and *I* slipped on ice and wrenched my back. It wasn't the fall that got me, but the "trying not to fall." I sure hope it isn't genetics. If so, that poor girl is going to get a lot of bumps, bruises, and stitches. Bob C [log in to unmask] [Posted in FML 5872]