On Friday I noticed a text message from Elliot Clark from sometime after 2:00 in the morning letting the world know that his and Melissa’s baby, Ella, would be here soon. I hadn’t heard anything since (and I didn’t want to put anything on here since I didn’t know what was going on), so I texted him and asked how everything was going. He called this evening and told us that mom and baby were fine. Melissa’s water had broken but they didn’t think it was what it was until just a little later. To my understanding, Ella, who was early, wasn’t turned right. They had actually been scheduled to turn her anyway, and when they couldn’t get it done at the hospital they went ahead and had a c-section. So, welcome to the world, Ella Jane Clark! We’re excited about another little friend for Milly.
Amanda and Karen’s big adventure was to go to a place where they could blow glass and make their own things with the Frazelle ladies. I think Amanda said she made a bowl and Karen made a vase. Sounds like they had a fun time.
The morning was pretty much just me and Milly. Amanda’s grandparents, Peggy and Earl Lemons, got here with a kitchen new sink for us. Well, it wasn’t entirely new, but it was gently used. They go it from their church, which just got a new sink. It’s a bit deeper than the one we had, plus the fixtures work much better. On our old one, you had to push the handle up pretty hard and the sprayer was all gunked up. The nice thing about that was that even though the spray only came out of one hole, it had a lot of pressure, so it was pretty good for cleaning.
Anyway, they got here around 12:30 I think. I was watching Carolina play a close game with Boston College to help determine which of them was going to be tied for second last in the ACC. Fortunately, the Eagles were able to pull out the win. NC State had a big upset over Wake Forest after that, but for most of those two games Earl and I were working on getting the sink installed. Michael came over early in the second game while his grandpa and I were on a run to Lowe’s and Amanda and Karen got back just as we were finishing up. Earl had said to me that he wondered what Amanda might give me tonight if she was really pleased with the sink. I thought that was hilarious.
Amanda went to a jewelry party thing at the Cains’ house while their other half came over just as everyone else was leaving here. We flipped around the TV a bit and settled on watching the Winter Olympic sport of curling. People make fun of it, but we really got wrapped up in it.
Zach Dotsey