Last week started out well enough. I packed for a quick trip to the Pacific Ocean where the annual family reunion was being held. So far, so good. After the reunion, on Saturday night, my siblings – all seven of them – threw me a surprise 40th birthday party. This was especially nice, as we were all together for a rare gathering of siblings. Driving home on Monday took the entire day, as I am a 10 hour drive from the ocean. On Tuesday, my daughter raked the radiator of my car over a cement guard, completely wrecking the thing. She’s not so great with vehicles. The next morning, my sister – who happens to be my roommate and is pregnant – had to rush with her husband to the hospital for some weird thing. Everything turned out alright, though, and she came home this morning. It’s been quite a week!