I woke up around 4:30, but went back to sleep. Now it's 6:15...Head still a little stuffy and achy...nice and warm inside due to Ray building up the fire before we went to bed.

Yesterday, I woke him up and he said no, he would come in later. There are no classes at UGA today, so he may revert to his "natural" schedule, which is staying up late and sleeping late. In fact, he had Captain and Vanessa bring him in to work at 11.

Monday morning there is always a lot going on. Extra mail from Saturday. Job TREC people in the office. Today, Jaron came in early and I still have no official communication from Americorps about his position. He told me that they have funding problems in Atlanta and the guy I was talking to no longer works there. I processed the automatic deposits. People who pledge to pay something every month to the shelter authorize us to take it out of their account. So I order a sort of booklet of paper checks that I have to tear out every month, stamp the back and prepare a deposit slip. I'm not complaining. We get almost $700 a month that way. But if you are an organized person, you can just write one check for the year (or the quarter) and save someone from having to do that. That assumes the organization can deal with the cash flow issues. I met with Deb from the Nancy Travis House board about putting in grant proposals for them and talked some about the future. I met Janna and Becky for lunch, so that was a good break. I talked again to crazy people from the leasing company. I asked to speak to their superior and they said no. I called the local dealer and he said he had handled it and it should be stopping any day now. I hope so. Meanwhile I need to learn how to not let it get to me. Ha!

I left at 3, picked Ray up and came home. Did some more work on the insulated shade. there is an inner fabric, picked for beauty, a lining with rings attached (now) and a layer of batting for insulation and a layer of plastic for vapor barrier. It is a pain to assemble. For starters, the fabric has to be cut and seamed, because it is not as wide as the double window I am covering. Then you have to attach the rings to the lining. Then I cut the plastic and batting. Yesterday I pinned them all together, hopefully in the right order and right direction, on two sides. I will sew those and then check it, sew the third side, then turn it right side out and sew the bottom. Then Ray will thread the string through the holes and hang it up for me (staple it to the top of the window). They don't get washed or cleaned. I guess eventually we'll take them down and throw them away and make new ones--oh no! Looking at the walls, there are places that need to be repainted--it has been more than 5 years since we moved in. I am dreading that.

We ate early--Ray made supper--and had time to play another game of cards before we watched our 3 favorite TV shows. I didn't make it through BBT (Big Bang Theory), my current favorite. But I have to say, the 2 and a half men episode had me guffawing.