Warning--I'm going to whine.

My neck hurts and I'm getting a cold. Ray came down with it Friday and I don't know how I thought I would escape. Sometimes I do. He is very prone to respiratory infections; I think because of his asthma. I don't want a cold because I am singing this morning, I am attending the AAHS board retreat this afternoon, I don't want to expose my parents when they come home Wednesday, and I don't want to fly to Madrid with a cold overnight Friday. I am thinking of taking the little plane from Athens to Atlanta (it's only $39--I hate to tell anyone because the flights will fill up) and that is especially uncomfortable with a cold. I hate small planes especially, but no driving to Atlanta in Friday afternoon traffic; no parking, 30 minutes in the air is hard to argue with. I will have a couple hours to kill in the airport, but that's so much better than rushing and stressing.

Yesterday I did not leave the house. Well, I walked out to get the paper and take Zoe for a walk. It wasn't actually raining, just misting a little. When I was coming back, it started raining again. It was like that all day. In the afternoon, around 3:30, it had stopped for a few hours. I went out and picked some peppers, basil, a few tomatoes with bites out of them, and a handful of beans. A half-hour later it was raining again.

A woman named Denise came with a helper (Sheila) to clean the house about 10. They were here two hours; Ray didn't think they did that good a job. $100. But it is nice to have the floors clean and the bathrooms. We had to tell them not to worry about some rooms--the TV room, most of the upstairs.

Most of the day, I cooked, interspersed with some reading of cookbooks and time on the computer. I made pastitsio, a little at a time. We were having Mike and his wife to dinner. But we decided we should let them know Ray had a cold, because she has had cancer and has "white blood cell issues." In addition, there were flash flood warnings and they were driving from Monroe. So they decided not to come. Ray and I enjoyed our dinner (sans salad; they were bringing that). Some heavy storms came through and the satellite was out for a bit. But we have so many programs recorded that we would be fine without for weeks.

I woke up in the night and realized I was getting a cold--bummer.