ba,

Been thinking of you, glad you popped in. The bike rides sound great and all in all you've had some nice stuff happening.
I read a book around a year back about the eggshell thing (yep, I have to be careful about that myself) titled "You don't have to take in anymore" by Steven Stosny. Has a confrontational sound to the title, but as I recall I found it helpful for ways to not.

I hope you have a good weekend. Enjoy the kids.