There are many things that I should write about, but it has been a long and complicated weekend, so I will save my other posts for when my head is clearer and simply provide a bunch of personal updates right now.

Over the past few days, we’ve all been fighting various head colds. I’ve been slightly run down and congested, but have been doing okay. However, Kim has had it pretty badly and ended up going to the doctor. She is recovering, but is still low energy.

On Saturday, we were going to go up to Connecticut Underhound Railroad’s first Adoption Day. However, Kim needed to rest, so Fiona and I headed up. Soon after we got on the Merritt, the engine made whirring noise which got louder and louder. Then, all the lights came on and the engine lost power. We coasted to the next exit where we called for a tow truck. Kim came and picked us up as the car got towed to the dealer. It was a busy day at the dealer, and with Monday being Columbus Day, we won’t know the prognosis for the car until Tuesday.

The adoption day event went quite well, raising awareness of dogs in kill shelters in Connecticut as well as funds for Connecticut Underhound Railroad’s activities. We also got a bit more traffic on the website, thanks in part to a brief story in the Hartford Courant.

Today, Fiona and I went up to a family reunion in Northfield, MA. There are a bunch of different websites for tracking where you are travelling. Mostly, I use Brightkite. There is also WAYN and some others. I used WAYN to announce my trip, which cross posted to Facebook. I couldn’t find the others as I was rushing out the door. The foliage was quite nice and we took a few pictures. Various friends commented on the Facebook post about the trip which made the drive a more enjoyable social event.

At the family reunion, I shared some of the hard cider that I had been brewing which was well received. Besides two second cousins for Fiona to play with there was also a beautiful silver Labrador Retriever. We rushed home to do a special episode of Fiona’s radio show. However, we got caught in traffic and were a little bit late arriving home. Kim managed the switchboard as we arrived. Unfortunately, our special guest had gotten the wrong number so he didn’t call in until the very end of the show. So, we will try to have him call in again sometime soon.

So, the adoption day, the family reunion trip, and the show are now over. Kim is still resting, the car is in the shop and I’ll try to relax before I tackle a few more serious issues for my blog tomorrow.