Safe!

The health department called this morning and reported that our "villian" bat was negative for rabies. Hooray! I also learned that eventhough the bat was motionless in our refrigerator after 12 hours, he wasn't dead. He went into hibernation. So had he warmed up enough he would become "alive" again. Yikes. The heath nurse was smart to have it euthanized by animal control before opening the container. I also learned that if we catch the bat and secure it alive, we don't have to put it in the fridge. Just keep him in the garage. Only if we kill it or it dies do we need to keep him cold, not frozen. This is something I never thought I would become an expert about.



I check Sarah's Facebook everyday and she is doing well. Had another good day of classes. She is also in the picture of the Hope College Athletic Training Students for 2008-09 on the following link. http://www.hope.edu/academic/kinesiology/athtrain/students/current.html. She looks great in her uniform. No word yet if she got the biology department job. She is working at a cross country meet on Saturday. They get them right to work, which is great!



Matthew had a soccer game this afternoon in Muskegon. Neither Jeff or I could attend. I hope they had a better game. Mary went to her friends house to swim this afternoon. Now she'd like to spend time with another friend. School starts in one week. We met the teachers yesterday. Seems like it should be a good year. Matt and Mary are both taking physics.. same material presented differently. They could do homework together. Hmmmm. Besides physics, Mary has Village Green Singers, Orchestra, AP Language, US contemporary History, and Statistics and Trigonometry. Matthew has Concert Choir, JV Band, Honors English, Geography, and Algebra. Matt spends time after school with soccer and Mary will have auditions for "Guys and Dolls" the second week of school. She can hardly wait.



Work is going well for me. I am working 3 days a week, 8 hour days which isn't bad at all. I am also gearing up for another musical season at church as well as planning for Sunday School. Jeff completed his paper for Air War College and has a few other assignments left. Both of us are going to Mackinac Island in a few weeks for a pastors and their wives retreat. We are looking forward to it. Still working out arrangements for the teens at home.



That is all for now. Have a great day! Those of you in FL, hope Gustav steers clear of you!

Love,

Grace