The baby woke me up a little after 4am right on schedule. I got up and Matthew handed me the baby. I went and sat in the chair to feed the baby. Matthew went to the bathroom and then came out. He went to the fridge, grabbed a bottle of smart water and downed the whole thing. He then got on the floor and did a 100 pushups and 100 sit-ups. Afterwards he then went in the bathroom and took a shower. When I was finished feeding, burping and changing the baby. I put him in his crib. Hunter had woke up and was trying to climb out of her bed. I took her out of the bed, changed her, put a dress on her and let her play with toys on the floor. Just a regular morning and my stomach didn’t feel too bad today. I told Matthew I thought Hunter needed some stairs for her bed because I was afraid she was going to hurt herself climbing out of her bed. He asked how often I put her in her bed and I said, not often. I said, well maybe she doesn’t need them. When I came out of the bathroom ready to go Matthew had Hunter doing pull ups on the side of her bed. He said he thought she just needed to build her muscles. Matthew is leaving for a business trip and this was making me nervous. Twice in one week we have had a problem. I sat on the bed and said to Matthew, can I ask you a question? He looked at me and said, go ahead. I said, is there anyway to access the safe room from here? Matthew said, no. Why do you ask? I said, it has all these cameras and communication equipment. He said, do you think you will need them? I said, I don’t know, its just we did have 2 problems just this week. He got up and walked over to the wall near the bathroom and said, its just on the other side of this wall. The wall was next to the bathroom and ran behind the office. So if he couldn’t get to the room here he could from the office wall. He picked up his phone and called Carlson. Carlson I need a door how soon can you get a person over here to put me in one. Carlson said, give me a minute and I will call you right back. I started checking the baby bags for diapers and swim wear. I wanted to make sure since it was Saturday that we had everything we needed. Carlson called back. George is coming right now. Matthew said, thankyou. Matthew opened the door to the office and waited a few minutes then George knocked. Matthew went to the office door to meet him. Matthew took George next door to the other room. I heard Matthew say remember the safe room you put in for me. And George replied, yes. Then they came back and George was looking at the wall in the office and in the bedroom. Then he said. I can put you a regular door right here between the office wall and the bathroom in a couple hours but if you want it a saferoom it will take longer. Matthew looked at me and said a regular door would do find for now. George went, ok. I will go get my tools. Are you going to be here because it can get a little noisy. Matthew said, no we are going out to the pool. If you need me just call. George said, great. I will go grab my tools and you will have a door by lunch. He then left.
The four of us went to the pool side four breakfast. When we got there everyone was already there. They had set up small tables down from us to the end of the pool with games on them. Two had chess with clocks and books. Two had checkers and the others had battle ship and other games. There was a badminton net, Croquet set up, Miniature golf set up, putting set up and other out door games all across the grass. Mom said, the kids have never had this and she thought this was really great. There was a table with chairs and books for reading and a large mat with baby toys. I was so amazed. It was everything we had been talking about for the kids. Megan said they sent out a flier to everyone that this was for all the kids for the summer. She said they were going to set up music lessons next week. That they had 2 teachers lined up and computer classes maybe the week after. Mom had found a room for the computers, ordered laptops and found a couple of instructors. Everyone was so excited. The place was buzzing with excitement. Everyone went to class with us. Chloe brought Brock and introduced him before class. After class Matthew went off to have a meeting with Carlson.
When Matthew got to Carlson’s office Carlson was behind the desk and the guard brother from the hospital was sitting in a chair. Matthew shut the door and Carlson said, the doctor called and said the guard John could be released. Matthew asked Carlson if Donald the brother of the guard had told him he wanted to replace his brother for punishment. Carlson said, yes. He said, John’s girl friend was pregnant and they didn’t want to loose him. Matthew said, I haven’t decided what I am going to do yet. I can’t let him go because the men would think I don’t stand by my word and I can’t have people working for me that don’t listen. Matthew said to Donald, What do you think about me giving your brother 40 lashes and a year in jail? Donald asked, could you give me 40 lashes? Matthew said, No. Donald said, How about each of us 20 lashes? Matthew said, I don’t know. It might look like you care more about your brother and condoned what he did, than you do about everyone’s safety. Matthew said to Carlson, go get the guy and put him in cell 1. He is to have bread and water for 2 weeks and no visitors or notes. He can have all the water he wants but that is it. I want the doctor to check on him at least once a week and I want a blood test once a week. After that he can have meals of Carlson’s choosing. I should be back from my business trip and we will have another meeting after that. Donald, you and no one is to have contact with him while I am gone. Do you understand or I will have you in cell 2 for the rest of your life? Donald said, no one will hurt John. Matthew responded, No. No one is to touch him but me. Donald said, ok. What do I tell his girl friend? Matthew said, Tell her he is in isolation for now and you and only you can call Carlson to check on his health but no letters or notes. Matthew asked Carlson if that was fine for now. That he had this business trip and would deal with this problem when he got back. Carlson thought that would be fine. They finished their meeting and Matthew came back to the table. Carlson sent Donald back to work and went with two men to collect the man in the hospital. They put him in cell 1 just like Matthew had said to. The man asked the guard how long he would be in there. The guard didn’t answer him. He just spit in his face.
We had a great time out by the pool. Everyone loved Carl’s class. Matthew took the kids in the pool and the baby was so happy. He likes to splash. After lunch Matthew and Jean went to the gym. Matthew wanted to do a really good workout. When myself and the other ladies got there they were hard at work. We finished just when they finished and everyone ended in the hot tub all together. Matthew looked at us and said to Jean who would of thought we would end up in a hot tub with all these beautiful women. We all smiled. When we sat down at dinner Matthew got a call from George. It seems he found 3 more guys to help him and they found a book shelf as a door for the room. He said I think you are going to be really happy with it. Matthew said to George, I can’t thankyou enough.
When we went to our room at the end of the day there was a book case between the bathroom door and the office wall. It looked great. There was a note open there. There was a little lever underneath the third shelf when pulled the shelves opened. We went in to check it out. I said to Matthew, wow this is really nice. You can go in either door or in one door and out the other one. Matthew said, I feel better about the trip now. I responded, me too. Matthew said, I will have to call George tomorrow and ask him if there is anything he would like me to pick up for him while on my trip.
When my head hit the pillow I was thinking this life is so great, I hope it last.