Friday night the four of us went over to Bob and Carol’s to see Eric. Eric was sleeping in his billiruben lights wrap. I wish Danny could have used one of those instead of having to be put in the tanning incubator at the hospital.

When Eric’s skin turns from yellowish to pink, he’s done. He is a much quieter baby than my memories of Danny.

Saturday morning we all cleaned up the house in anticipation of potential buyers. The couple didn’t show. House looks nice, though.

Saturday afternoon we went to the new park to meet Nancy and Ted. We ran a bit late and ran into them as they were leaving. Brittany was tired and Shawn was crying. Nancy and Ted didn’t seem to enjoy the new park.

At a sunny 65 degrees, it was hard for us not to have fun. We ran into Becky Amacker’s boyfriend, Monte. I had seen him going down the slide earlier, but not recognized him. He recognized me and kept saying to himself, “I know that guy.” Kathy was pushing Danny on the swings as Monte was pushing his girl, Betsy. She thought it was funny that Monte kept saying this over and over. She didn’t know who he recognized until she recognized his voice.

So we all had a laugh. Monte tried to sell us a coupon booklet so we tried to sell him some girl scout cookies.

Later that night two of us enjoyed watching Hunt for Red October while two more of us fell asleep in their sleeping bags.

Today Ted climbed up on top of Mom and Dad’s 3-story roof to help feed a hose down a clogged down spout. He climbed barefoot because he left his sneakers in Richard’s car.

Dad and I worked the clog from the bottom. Our tools included a snake, several hoses, a coat hanger, a gutter nail, several sticks, and our bleeding hands.

Eventually the clog gave way, and three stories of water almost washed Dad away by surprise.