I am tired. I stayed up till 11 watching the Tonys. It was fun. There are so many great shows on Broadway now, I really want to go see some of them. Last time I was there, I didn't feel that way. It used to be shows based on movies or revivals. Amelia says that the economy forced a lot of things to close and that made way for some new interesting things to open. Of course, it was fun to see the cast of Hair again and Oskar Eustis, since Amelia worked on that show in the park before it was on Broadway and I saw it.

I feel like I keep more things on my mind when I am sleeping these days. They say you don't sleep as well as you get older. LIttle bits of the plots of shows from the Tonys were swirling around in my head all night and I woke up too early.

Vanessa went with us to church yesterday morning and it was fun. I didn't have to sing and Ray sat with us too.

Then we came home and had salad nicoise for lunch, with garden lettuce. There was some tension because we had a woman coming to clean. Ray didn't like the plate he had and got up to change it. I was unhappy with him and commented on it. The Captain asked if we could please just enjoy our meal and not bicker. When I said I would just leave the table, he told me to go to hell. Then the cleaning lady called--she was outside in her car.

The cleaning lady is named Patricia Gomez (or Gonzales, I forget). She did not speak much English and I didn't have all the vocabulary I needed, but showed her the house and asked her to start by cleaning the two upstairs bathrooms. I told her not ot move anything. After about 2 hours, she was ready to do the vacuuming. I asked her how much we owed her so far. She said seventy. I knew we only had 80 dollars in cash among us, because we had discussed it earlier and I thought she probably preferred to be paid in cash. She said you don't want me to vacuum? I said I do but we can't pay for any more. I said I would call her. She asked if I liked the work she had done. Vanessa and Ray and I agreed it was very good. She said she worked for a year at the Hilton. She had even folded the washcloths into pretty shapes. She said it was very dirty. I am sure it was and that is probably a very competitve rate. But I only make $15 an hour. I don't want to take advantage of anyone, but I can't really see spending that much on a regular basis. At least now the bathrooms are clean.

After she left, the Captain and Vanessa were fighting. Ray and I went to Watkinsville to get peaches. We also got peach ice cream cones, and onions and tomatoes. When we came home, everything seemed to be fine.