Ramps

I took James to gymnastics camp again this morning. It requires a walk through a industrial area (by Kimco as noted last week) that has no sidewalks, which is ok as we walk on the grass. The intersection of Sir John A. and Counter has pedestrian lights, for whatever pedestrians can make it there! (not elderly ones for sure) The northwest corner (by City Place), however, has a very steep slope that you must navigate up and down to make it to the parking lot at city place (away from the traffic). One the way back from camp, you have to do a run to make it up the steep slope to the curb and stop sharply at the curb. I made it, but James fell in the ditch. I pulled him out of the ditch, but as he arrived at the curb, I lost my footing (as the asphalt I was on seemed to give way) and fell on top of him. I only got minor scrapes and James was unscathed BUT it certainly makes me feel that the city is not very pedestrian friendly!
When I got home I sent an email to the City. We'll see if that amounts to anything.

In the afternoon I made cookies (I had put the batter in the fridge last night)- they were REALLY good (more chewy than cakey, which I prefer) I found the recipe here: http://desertculinary.blogspot.com/2005/06/big-fat-chewy-dark-chocolate-mm.html

As the whippersnipper is too heavy for me, I did some manual snipping around the back yard.

James is having me do treasure hunts with maps. I spend a lot of time running around the house hiding things.