Really cool here this morning. In fact, cold. All the windows are open and I covered Ray up and turned off the fan. Then I put on jeans and socks and a sweatshirt. I am still not sure it is good for his cold (and mine).

Yesterday was the first day we had Bob, from the Council on Aging. They assign workers to agencies for training, up to 20 hours a week. They pay them. Unfortunately, Bob is not as competent as I would like. I asked him to copy and mail a document for me. After he left, I found two pages stuck in a drawer. I had to tear open the envelope and tape it back up. Fortunately, the mail carrier hadn't come to pick it up yet. Another thing I asked him to mail had no stamp on it. I put in a call to Council on Aging, but didn't hear back. I will ask her if she wants him to just sit here for four hours and answer the phone and door. He also took the recycling for me.

I did payroll, even though I didn't get all the time sheets until almost 4. I have to finish the details today. But it did get submitted, two days before payday.

Then I went to the post office and mailed a small package to Nate in Seattle. I think he is 7 today. There was a line of about 10 people, so it took almost 15 minutes. I just missed getting a parking ticket. The agent was across the street and I had put in a nickel for 12 minutes and it was expired.

Then I went to the VFW for the town hall meeting on health care. There were a few people already there. Other early arrivals included Nathan Horne's dad and Leara Rhodes. A couple of men were complaining about the census and I thought, good, don't answer the questions. Then Pat Priest came with her signs. They finally opened the doors at 5:30. I got a good seat on the end of the third row, where I could leave when I got too upset. Then my phone rang; Janna wanted me to come get her. So of course I did. We got back just at six and found a few seats in the back. It was pretty tense; a lot of people agreed with us, but some of them were yelling out things and I tried to tell a couple of them they were hurting our cause. I did agree with some of the things he said: we need to lower health care costs and we need to have civilized discussion. I will email him some of my ideas. It was 7:30 when we left. I took Janna home and went home. I ate a baked potato, a banana, and the last of the apple crisp with ice cream. Monday is the night we have three shows we like on TV.