Well that was kinda messy - 5/8/08 (really) early morning)

Sleeping on the futon again. Not because of cliché fight with Sarah, but because it allows her to get comfortable and get some sleep, which then means I get some sleep. Win-win. She wakes me up at 3am and tells me her water broke, so I jump up eager to get going; something that rarely happens at 3am. I figure we best start get packing and generally be ready, even though she tells me the contractions are not all that close together. As we make way back to the bedroom, she warns me to “watch your step” in the hallway between the bedroom and bathroom. Ew. Floor is wet, trail all the way from her side of bed to bathroom. So I get towels and start wiping down the floors, strip and re-make the bed and other fun things. Not my place to complain though, this pales in comparison with what she will be going through later in the day. So I happily clean up, anxious with what will happen next. Despite this being the third baby, this is our first water breaking experience. It broke but just a little with Marshall, and they did it in the hospital with Layne, but this was the first time we had to deal with the mess. We can’t simply ignore it like in the sitcoms.

What happens next? Not much. We sit and watch tv in the bedroom. There was a huge sinkhole all over the news last night, and they are still talking about it early this morning. Of course we can’t see it because it is pitch black, but they keep talking. We also debate when to start calling people. Both of our fathers are early risers, but don’t want to call too early since nothing is imminent. About 6:00 I go back to the office to check my email and also check on the sheets in the washer. Come back into the bedroom and I spot water on the floor again. Her water broke again. And much messier than last time. She was prepared, sitting on no less than 2 towels on top of the bed, each folded in half. But it soaked through all 4 layers of towel and onto our duvet. Ok, more laundry to do, but at least now things should really get moving, right? Not so much. Contractions still only 10 minutes apart.

I wonder how that sinkhole is doing?