Yay, it's Friday. And the last day of the work week before the time change. I am really looking forward to having it be lighter in the morning. I have been having trouble getting to work in time and bringing my breakfast with me. I haven't been taking my lunch or taking a lunch break. Yesterday there were donuts, so I had one of those before I left the office. No lunch plus a donut equals crabbiness when trying to make dinner. I did get a lot of work done though. This is the thing I like doing best: submitting expenses for reimbursement--figuring out what to submit where, adding it up, seeing how much is left. It's interesting to me. I have always enjoyed and looked forward to paying bills (well, except when I didn't have enough money to go around), usually on Saturday morning. And this is similar. I can't wait until the end of the month to take all the receipts out of their file and send them off to be reimbursed. It's hard to do when there are kids watching TV, etc. But yesterday wasn't too bad. Kerri the case manager and one of the interns went out and bought plates for the residents in six different colors/patterns. She put the family number on everything (in permanent marker). This is so she can figure out who did not wash their dishes. Then she and the intern washed them all and stacked them where they can get them. She wanted them to keep them in their rooms or lock them up, so no one can use them, but I thought that was going a bit too far.

I talked on the phone for a while with Mitzi, who is having a lot of trouble with Art. He told her he wants to live with another family that has a big house and he is embarrassed by her house. She was very hurt. I tried to say perhaps language and culture made it hard for him to express himself.

Then I packed for our trip to the beach--Hilton Head with Becky and Janna. yay! I also made an applesauce cake. Janna won't eat eggs or beef or shrimp, so I haven't been able to come up with any ideas for food to bring with me. I have a quiche in the freezer, but I guess it would be rude to bring it. I know one restaurant we will probably go to is Italian. Otherwise, I would bring lasagna or some other pasta. I can at least bring applesauce cake. And a loaf of bread for sandwiches.

The Captain went to the doctor on Wednesday and is taking prednizone for a gouty foot. He is not drinking any alcohol or eating rich food and he is a little grumpy. But the foot is getting better. Yesterday they went to the dump and stopped for lunch in town on the way back. But he said they couldn't really eat out properly, since he can't have a drink. His cold is much better and Mom's is better too.