Day 355, Year 10: Happy ‘Real’ Birthday to Our Daughter Heather

Day 355, Year 10: Happy ‘Real’ Birthday to Our Daughter Heather
Date: Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Weather: Overcast and Rainy, Very Warm Today, Cooling Down Tonight
Location: Quissett Harbor, Falmouth, MA

The year was 1975. My first child was due on September 27, but that day passed and no baby. Then came September 28 and still no baby. We were living in the Washington, DC, area at that time, so on Monday, September 29, I decided to go down to the banks of the Potomac River and stare at the water. I was sure that would do the trick. And it did. When I returned home at 4 pm and was starting to fix dinner, I had the first pangs of labor. A very long 31 hours later this amazing child entered our lives. And 40 years later, she has grown into an accomplished, .beautiful woman, a wonderful mother and wife, and the best daughter in the whole wide world. Heather, you have had a couple of wonderful celebrations leading up to today, but you still get to enjoy the official day of birth. Ma and Pa love you and wish you a very Happy ‘real’ Birthday.

It was definitely a soggy September 30th. The rain started early and continued on into mid-afternoon. We have had only drizzle since then, but it will be coming back tomorrow or Friday for sure. The wind is now coming out of the NE and the temperature is dropping quickly. The high today was in the 70’s but will be in the 50’s tomorrow. The weekend is supposed to be more of the same and we have the threat of Hurricane Joaquin coming our way the first of the week. July, August, and September were beautiful, so I guess we deserve a rude October wet chill. Mid-afternoon when the torrential rain calmed down, I went to shore. I picked Sam and Jonah up from school, delivered them to Woods Hole to celebrate WCAI’s 15th birthday, and then I headed to meet friends for dinner. As soon as dinner was over, I went back to Heather and Jed’s to ride herd on the boys while Heather was on an hour-long conference call. The boys engaged in building Legos and were amazingly good. I’m back on windy Windbird now, doing a bit of rock and roll in the gusty winds. I talked to Mark tonight and he is doing great. Heather has to be in Boston tomorrow night for a dinner and she is going to spend the night with her dad. He’s really looking forward to that. And then on Friday he returns home to help with hurricane prep. At this point it is impossible to tell what Hurricane Joaquin is going to do, but best to be prepared . . . just in case. Note: Since we are three days past a full moon we are having extremely high tides (spring tides). Add to that all of the rain, and you get super high tides flooding the road from the boat yard to the yacht club. I have never seen such a high tide here. My photos don’t quite capture it, but the water was half way up the tires of the cars on the road.
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150930 Day 355 Cape Cod, USA–Extremely High Tide in Quissett Harbor