Day 59...My back hurts.

Mar 19

Today is my nephew David's 8th birthday! Wow, that seems strange....I had a lot of stuff going on when he was born, and I can't believe that was 8 years ago already...So glad for where I am in life now.

We did a lot of visiting today. Correction, I did a lot of visiting today, Martyn slept. He was awake most of the morning, and I was trying to get him to go down for a nap before I left the house for the day, but he just wasn't having it. Well, I went for a walk with Mom and Jack this morning after breakfast and Martyn fell asleep then, like he always does in the sling. But when we got back, he woke up and would not go back to sleep, despite all our best efforts to persuade him he should.
I went out to help Jack plant a dwarf Orange tree, which meant finish digging the hole I started for him the day before yesterday, then fill it partly with good soil, put the gofer cage in, and cut open the pot that the tree was in, so he and I could lift it together into the gofer cage. I was a little frustrated with how slow moving he is, but then I thought of a conversation mom and I had the day before and she had said "Good heavens, the man is pushing 80 years old!"
He's really set in his ways of doing things...and that's ok. I imagine I well may be the same way when I'm pushing 80. He was really happy for the help, and company I think.
We went out to the Browns house in Jamul, which is one of my favorite places in the world...it ranks right up there with Eli's parents house, which I think I can safely say is my favorite place in the world....but the Browns house is up there in my mind.
It was good to see them, and Jeans parents are living up there now too...Grannie and Papa Grey. Grannie, who is actually my great aunt Almeda, is the one who is a blood relative of mine. But she and her husband Robert have always felt like another set of grand parents to me, and were both really happy to finally get to see Martyn. Papa was out in the barn working on some project and I went out to get him so he could see the baby, even though he was sleeping soundly. Robert loves little babies, so I knew he would really want a chance to hold him. It was very sweet.

After that, mom and I went to Becky's wedding shower. We only stayed a little while because I had to be somewhere at 5, but it was cool...kind of an impromptu meeting with Jacks daughters and their kids, and they all got to see Martyn. (Becky is Jack's youngest daughter.)
Then Mom dropped us off to have dinner with my beautiful best friend Nicole and her fiancee' Marvin, and all my "San Diego Crew"...the whole gang. It was great to finally get to meet Marvin, albeit a very brief meeting. What a great guy though! I'm so happy my girl is getting married, and even happier that her man is a wonderful, Godly man. I'm so proud of her, and super excited for their wedding.
Martyn pretty much slept that whole time too. Marvin and Nicole gave me and the baby a ride back home to mom's house and came in to say hello to mom, and left.

My back hurts from digging, and holding the baby. I'm super tired, and worn out from all the visiting. I'm ready to go home, even though I'm so enjoying my time here. I'm ready to sleep in my own bed again, with my husband, in my house...Not quite ready to leave the nice weather, but it sounds like it's been nice in Portland too....and I love me some Portland spring time weather. Mainly, I miss my husband, bed, and dog.
So far though, this has been the new best trip to San Diego.