I am home and everything went well. The pain meds make me itch, though, so that hasn't been fun. However they are GOOD pain meds, so I just deal with it. I have been having a fever on and off, which is common and most of the time I have been by myself. My mom or my sisters have yet to call and see if I am still alive.

But my friends have been great. They call. They drop off food. They send flowers. Michael and the dog have been staying with Matt's mom.

Thank to all of your for your warm wishes and prayers. I am so going to take Julie up on her offer for my favorite wine! I see a multiple bottle weekend in my future.

Tomorrow I am having ACL surgery. I am having a new ligament put in and getting my knee cleaned up. I am sure I will be away from the computer for a few days. I understand the first few days are the worst.

Take care. I am sure everything will be fine and I will be up and raising hell in a few days.

I am in Sarasota with 300 of my co-workers for our annual sales conference. We review the year and the new list of books and generally recharge. I do look forward to the week even though I miss Michael and Kraig.

We have some great books on the fall list, many having to do with the horrible economic conditions that we are facing and how to survive them. We also have some "green" titles and of course, all sorts of nerdy tech books.

Take care and I will try and check in this week.

and to Monica. It is nice to see her back to blogging.

Michael plays his first baseball game of the year and I am going to a party for a friend who turns 40 tonight. [I am NOT turning 40 for all of you smarty pants out there. I have a couple of years yet.]

Here's to a great day and a better year.

As a political geek girl, I have to tell you that I am thrilled to be a Hoosier right now. We can decide the Democrat Nomination. It's up to us and we are loving it!

Usually in May the only famous people we see are going to the track. Now, we have everybody and their brother here courting our votes.

I loved this column in today's paper. Some of the posts after, not so much. I have come to realize that unfortunately, being a free country means that even idiots have the right to free speech. I wish we would give free speech only to the people smart enough to know what to do with it.

Oh, and if that weren't enough to make you happy to be a Hoosier, ESPN the Magainze names The Indianapolis Colts the best pro franchise. Whoo!! But, how can the Pacers be up two spots? Is number of players in jail one of the criteria?? Good Night. The tickets are cheap, though, they can't even give them away.

.....lands you in the hospital. I hurt myself three weeks ago in Florida and have now learned that I have a torn ACL and torn cartilage in my left knee. I also have a bone bruise and a pulled MCL.

So our little volleyball game is going to cost me a ton of money and pain. I am having surgery in May. Everyone tells me I have to get this fixed or it will cause me pain forever. I can't imagine living with this if you can have it fixed.

My ACL will be replaced with a ligament from a cadaver. Not sure how I feel about that, but I don't have much of a choice if I want to live sort of pain free. I will say a little prayer for the man or woman who is helping me walk again and be thankful for their selflessness.