Well, I missed the season-opening race on Saturday, September 23rd. I had planned to be there. My car is ready, but...

My son and I were up on the roof of my back porch Friday, replacing the roofing that had been removed by hurricane Irma. About the time we were situating the last piece of roll-roofing my back decided I had bent over one too many times. I had the old tell-tale shooting pain across my lower right side and it was suddenly very painful to move and straighten up. This has happened to me before, so I knew what it meant - I was done and I wasn't going anywhere for a few days!

My son finished the last piece of roofing without assistance from me and I struggled to get down the ladder. Since then I have done very little but sit in front of the TV in my recliner. Not sure how long this will keep me down; time will tell.