What a time we had, Rosie old girl...

Well, it has been a whole week since I posted. "Why?" you may ask. We arrived home from San Diego on Friday, July 25th (which, incidentally was my Grandma Brooks's birthday...happy 118th, Grandma...although she passed away in 1966). While we were there, I thought I was a kid again, and I kind of wrecked my back. So, I have been recuperating. The good news is that we got the work done that we set out to do. Tim and I tore down a brick wall and remodeled a shed and moved it to the back corner of the lot. These two projects gave Tim and Laura what may be the largest backyard in San Diego!!

Since we arrived back in Clackamas, the weather has been hotter each day. Saturday was around 95. Sunday was closer to 100. Yesterday, we recorded 105, and today the high was 108. Tomorrow is forecast to be about the same as today, and then a cooling trend will set in. By the weekend, it will be back in the mid-80s.

Last night at 11:00 PM, Laura called to say she is in the hospital with premature labor. This is eerily similar to the time four years ago, when Jill and I had been in San Diego helping the kids paint their condo. The day after we arrived home, Laura called from the hospital, where she was in premature labor. That time, they got the contractions stopped and she went home after a couple of weeks. Unfortunately, her water broke a couple of days later, and Josiah was born 5 1/2 weeks prematurely.

We are hoping that things will go better this time. Her contractions are now stopped, but the doctor wants to keep her in the hospital to make sure. Jill will probably fly down there on Thursday, which would be a prerequisite for Laura's being able to go home from the hospital. This time around, there is an almost 4 year old who needs tending, and Laura needs bed rest. She is not due until early September, but she has been told that the baby will be full term in terms of development by August 15th. So, the current goal is to keep the little beggar in there at least until August 15th and then let nature take its course. August 15th is Josiah's birthday, so it would be ironic if the new baby comes on that day!! Bit of an intrusion on J-man's big day!

So, life is uncertain and a little trying at the moment. We are scheduled to take a motor home trip to Hood Canal a week from today. It is looking pretty much like that will not be happening. If Jill is in San Diego, I would be pretty lonely in the motor home, not to mention that I may be needed in San Diego at some point, too. We shall see what the Good Lord has in store for our family. I am reminded of James 4:13-14: "Come now, you who say, 'Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit'; whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away."