May 12 – “A New Book?”

Well, I have been working on finalizing formatting for my book about our experiences during and after Hurricane Ike.  I think I have narrowed down the number of pictures to be included, and the chapter divisions seem to break down fairly easily by month.  It is the story of what our family went through when the hurricane swept five feet of water into our house.  We weren’t in it at the time, thank goodness.  But it was the nine or so months afterwards that the book is concerned with.  It is a compilation of the blog articles I started writing back then to stay in communication with the people from Seaside and with our extended family members.  The next step is to let Chris read through it.  Critic time.  Then I gotta get up the nerve (and the bucks) to get it published.  And for it to have any real effect, it really should come out before hurricane season ends this year.  This is the tenth anniversary of the storm.  We’ll see …

I stopped by Central fire station downtown yesterday.  The builders are really coming along with the new station.  The foundation is completely finished, and the schedule says the building should be dried in within 90 days.  That’s some exciting stuff.

Last night we went over to the airport Lassie League fields to watch Cailyn play some softball.  Galveston is hosting the district tournament for 6-and-under and 8-and-under teams.  There are teams from League City and Texas City and Santa Fe, as well as a few from here in town.  Nathan and April have been working tirelessly to get the fields ready for the games.  They have painted and cleaned and repaired just about everything.  Nathan was exhausted when we arrived, and April was just getting off work on top of everything else.  Ah, the joys of being on the league board …

Cailyn’s team did really well in their first game.  It was pool play, so it was more like a warm-up to the actual tournament, but they soundly defeated their opponent.  Cailyn got a hit or two and covered second base well in her position as sort of modified shortstop.  The game ended when, with an opponent runner on first base and one out, a line drive was hit to our second baseman.  She snared the ball and tossed to first for a game-ending double play.  Pretty big league move there, girls …

Psalms 61:4 says, “I long to dwell in your tent forever and take refuge in the shelter of your wings.”

Father, watch over the girls and their families in the tournament today and tomorrow.  It’s going to get really hot out there.  Amen.