I woke up about 4:30 and it was raining. I was so disappointed. I had been looking forward to doing some gardening. The Captain mixed up some deer repellent before he left. Anything that is not behind the fence they will eat, including the knockout roses, which rarely get to bloom becaucse they are being munched on. Also any part of a plant that sticks through the fence--pumpkin vines, cucumbers... There are things that need picking, too. I will probably still take a short walk.

The air conditioning is running like mad. Ray must have woken up in the night and been warm, so he turned it down. I don't dare change it. It's probably 70 out in spite of the rain.

I left work about 3 yesterday and picked Ray up. When we parked and got out of the car to play racquetball, he realized he didn't have his bag, so we went home. The traffic was crazy (home football game today). When we got home, I made banana snack cake to take to Janna's for dinner, in honor of the high holy days (Rosh Hashanah was a week ago and Yom Kippur is tomorrow). It called for a cup of pecans. The only pecans we have are ones we gathered from Becky's trees a year ago. Ray started shelling and chopping. It took about an hour and we still didn't really have enough. Then I put it in the oven and we were more than an hour late for dinner! It was delicious though. She served chicken with apricots and currants and rice with wild rice. Deb and John were there too--and Nathan! It was fun to see him and talk with him, now that he's an adult.