Ray left for a weekend in New York and Massachusetts. Meanwhile, my parents arrived home after a week in Seattle. Work was fine. I left at 3:30 and got the car washed. I had to stop the man while he was washing the wheels, but I was supposed to pick Ray up at 4:30 to take him home so he could catch his plane. I was very impressed with how hard the men were working wiping all parts of the car. I felt very lazy, because the idea of that amount of physical labor seems like something I wouldn't be able to do all day every day. I gave him a $2 tip. Ray got home and realized he left his black shoes at the office so he had to take his brown shoes. Then he had to pack some presents he bought in Mexico. He didn't want to check any bags, so he was stuffing things into two small bags. It was getting later and later. But he did call me about 11 and say he had arrived in the airport. Then he had to pick up the rental car and drive to Amelia's new apartment that he had never seen.

Meanwhile, I was making beef stew and getting ready to go to Janet Pomeroy's memorial service. I rode with the Porters. The service was wonderful. She was an inspiration to many, including me. She and others founded the Clarke Community Credit Union in the sixties, so that poor blacks could get loans. She was one of the founders of the Jeannette Rankin Foundation, giving scholarships to older women to go back to school. She was a mom and a feminist and a very active Democrat. Gwen O'Looney had trouble speaking without crying. Larry seemed quite matter-of-fact--it's not like we didn't know it was coming, he said. I told him to call me if he needed anything, but he won't. When I got home, there were lights on in my house and I could see my Mom moving around. It was later than I had thought, around 10. There had been a wonderful reception, catered by Deb Dykstra. We chatted a little. Nico is 16, very tall. Emily is majoring in theater. So I just ate some leftover macaroni and cheese and tried to go to bed. My Dad naturally wanted to talk and it was almost 11:30.

I love having the bed to myself, but I didn't sleep quite as well without Ray.