My daughter-in-law, Vanessa, left a message on my home answering machine advising me that she was on her way to the hospital. She had a regularly scheduled Dr. appt. today and it was discovered that she is 1 cm. dilated. Very disturbing news; their baby girl is not due until June 19. Greg left a message on my cell phone around 8:30PM that he was headed home and everything was okay for now. I believe he mentioned that she was having some contractions as well (a cell phone message is not always crystal clear). He was going to sleep at home (probably not very well), work from home tomorrow, then return to the hospital. It appeared that Vanessa would have to spend a day or two there until they determine what is going on.
We are acquainted with several young woman who have delivered their babies prematurely in the last year or so. It is uncanny. I find it very emotional when I think of the stress they have endured and the heavy financial burden they will have to deal with. I am praying that this baby girl will stay put until closer to her due date and sending some Reiki as well.
Bill and I had a very busy day today. We got up early so that I could get to my hair appt. by 10:00, which meant leaving by 9:00 since my hairdresser is in Portland. I had her razor cut my hair today because I love the way Wendy’s hair is styled. I’m not sure how satisfied I am at this point; one side is very layered while the other side doesn’t appear to be and seems longer. I kept it tucked behind my ears most of the day. I won’t know for sure how bad it is until I do it myself tomorrow.
From there we went to Henry VIII’s for a roast beef sandwich. It is, by far, one of the best sandwiches around. We had a dance lesson at Maine Ballroom on Congress Street at 2:00. We purchased a package of lessons prior to Greg’s wedding and still had three lessons remaining. We are working on the silver level Fox Trot as well as some Tango refresher. Deb Cantara is a sweet person and she is very patient when it comes to teaching us to dance. We are not the best and never will be but we have a good time, usually. I find it very frustrating to think of all the money I have spent learning to dance and how little I can remember. Now I’m spending more money to learn most of the steps over again. The fact is…we need to dance more. Just like everything else…practice, practice, practice.
We ran some errands when we returned to town. I picked up the binding for the baby quilt Wendy is making. Hopefully I will get the quilting done tomorrow and get the binding on so that I can hand stitch the back over the weekend. She needs to have it for a baby shower on the 20th.
We took a class at adult ed tonight also. It was Yoga Mudras involving the hands. There were only three of us and we had an opportunity to practice some of the hand positions, feel the energy flow and discuss it among ourselves. I would like to incorporate this energy work into my daily life but I don’t always make the time necessary to meditate and do energy work. I need to make it a priority but I also want quilting to be a priority and exercise and yoga and so on… It was after the class that I found the messages about Vanessa and the baby.
