Surreal Life

Wow tonight turned out to be one of those nights you remember for a long time. We knew we would be busy, as some close friends of ours were scheduled to have a C-section for their second child sometime tonight, and we had volunteered to watch their son while they were in the O.R. After work, I came home and Nancy and I drove over to her parents house for Shabat dinner, before going to the hospital, Gig and Kar's neighbors called, and asked if someone could come over to watch their 4 month old daughter, while they took their older daughter to the hospital. It seems one of their dogs, a Westie, had bitten the older daughter, and she had a nasty little bite wound on her lip. So Nancy and I rushed over there, and picked up the 4 month old, who is probably the most laid back infant ever, and brought her back to Gig and Kar's house. Oh yes, I failed to mention that currently, my and Nancy's dog, Polly, and cat, Buffy, are currently being housed at her parent's house, while our house is on the market (more on that later.) And, if that weren't enough, they are dog-sitting for a friend, so they have an energetic young golden, Libby, at the house as well - luckily she and Polly get along well. So, here we were with a house full of animals, Nancy, Matthew and I, and the neighbors little girl, and it was quite a full house.

Eventually, after dinner, Nancy and I went to the hospital, and visited with the Mom-to-be. Her husband was in another part of the hospital, with their son, in an "Soon to be older sibling" class designed to let the first child get used to the idea of the new baby. But they were going into surgery before the class was over, so Nancy and I went down and relieved him, staying in the class with their son, who was tentative at first, but warmed up quickly. This was surprising because he had, until a few weeks earlier, never been away from both of his parents at the same time, so we had dreaded what might happen, we thought he may melt down and/or freak out. However, he was fine, we ended up playing in the room that the mom was going to be recovering in, and he was great. As a matter of fact, it was really good to get to know their son, who is one of Matt's closest playpals.

So now we are back at Nan's parents house, and their neighbors are here, back from the hospital. Their older daughter had 6 stitches in her lip, and they are now discussing what to do with the westie that bit her. I have never been a fan of small yappy dogs - I love all animals, but they're not high on the list. Well I am off, I have to drag Nancy out of here, or it would take an hour to get her to leave. And these neighbors love to visit, so they could be here hours too...and I am exhausted.

More about my camera and putting our house on the market later - we are going to look at some houses with our agent tomorrow. Should be fun! :-)