I worked another shift from 3-7 this evening. The four hour shifts are really the best as they pass by quickly and mentally you feel no dread beforehand. Whenever I walk through the doors of Spring it smells to me like a newborn baby. This time the nurse was a mom whose son plays college baseball. He also plays for the local Horseshoes team in Springfield. We usually try to make a game or two.

The staff has a couple of days off between camps. Laura was supposed to go to a family reunion but was so tired after Joyful Hearts she ended up staying here. Three-fourths of the counselors were around yesterday. It is less today. We visited my mother-in-law for supper last night and enjoyed a few hours out there. We watched Pat Sajak give his farewell speech during his last episode on Wheel of Fortune. The kids played volleyball and the Cardinals also played the Rockies.

Every time we’re at the house I wish my father-in-law was there to see it. It would’ve brought him so much joy to see his family enjoying it. Next to the door is a shelf with his picture on it. Before he’d gone back to the hospital a second time, he and my mother-in-law visited the house and she was able to get a picture of him standing in the doorway. Only the framing was finished then. We had a nice time.