All is well more than fine

Thank you to everyone that expressed concern for my son and the cat.

Tucker, the 18 lb spotted Bengal, returned home in the evening after all the scary painter people had left and the school buses and trash trucks had completed their late afternoon rounds and the neighbor dogs went in for the night. He is a real 'scaredy cat', in spite of his large size, and I know he was petrified to find himself outside and so stayed hidden until the world got quiet again. Unlike Mr. Johnson, we are all relieved that "the cat came back".

The foot is not as seriously injured as first thought (when my normally stoic 13 yr old was crying from the pain and unable to bear any weight at all) and now we know that at worse he has a hairline fracture. He has to remain on crutches for awhile so that the weakness won't cause a worse break, but he is doing better and managing with some ice and ibuprofen.

Thanks for your good thoughts...now, if I can just catch up on the housework that was left undone from the 2 days of craziness! lol