Thursday March 8 Update

Today was another fun day. We went out to Gina’s house and had lunch with her and Ethan, their youngest. Kyle and Elise came home early from school, so we got to spend some time with them, too. They worked Don over, which he thoroughly enjoyed. I got pictures of them playing on the computer and treadmill and then the workout they all had on the floor. Brian had been called in to fly this morning, and he came in just a little before we left, so we got to see all of them. They have a major addition going on their house, so it was fun to see it in progress. The next time we go there they’ll have a new master suite and a new mudroom.

We came home to find Gretta coming down with something. Her doctor had called in a prescription today, hoping to keep her from getting a respiratory infection. She was coughing yesterday, so she was afraid she was headed in that direction. By the time we got home today she was hurting all over like she has the flu. She is miserable. So, I haven’t alerted Ruthie, yet or Jim, but we aren’t leaving tomorrow like we had planned. It’s too late to call them, but I’ll call them first thing in the morning. We didn’t come here to leave her sick. We’ll stay as long as we can be helpful. I’m sure Ruthie and Jim will understand. We’ll go there as soon as we leave; we just won’t be there tomorrow. We don’t have any train to catch, so this will work. It’s important to us to be here to help Gretta if we can. The baby and Garrett are doing just fine. I’m thinking maybe Gretta has just done too much and gotten her resistance down. (?) She’s felt so good; she hasn’t acted like someone who just delivered two weeks ago, so maybe she did too much. Anyway, she’s going to get some rest, now. She doesn’t feel good at all, so she’ll rest.

We had thought we would meet Tom and Linda Rose for lunch in Murfreesboro, when we go to see my brother, Jim. That fell through today when it turned out that they are having some gutter work done on their house tomorrow. So, now, maybe we can make that lunch, after all, when we go a different day. We’ll see. We just spent two weeks with them in Hawaii, but we miss them! No, lie; we had so much fun. We really were looking forward to another visit.

The last picture is me holding Elena and Garrett coaching. He’s the best! He is out of school tomorrow, so we’ll enjoy being here one more day while he is free, too.

Such is how things work. God is good and will take care of us. I love you for checking on us.