As far as I know, my father-in-law's condition has improved from "the sky is falling, the sky is falling!" to "newsflash." Still bad enough to warrant several phone calls a day, but not bad enough that I'm writing from the road. We're planning to head out that general direction next weekend, I was planning a weekend away with the kids to meet some friends in Niagara Falls (not in a "hey, baby, what's YOUR name" sort of way, mind you - just a get-together so that I can put some faces with some names) and now Willem will be riding out with me to spend the weekend with his parents.

Lucky dog.