Still have the congestion and sore throat every morning. This morning I took an allergy pill at 4 ish and went back to sleep for a couple hours. It's better, but not gone. It is too warm in here. During the day yesterday, it gradually warmed up to the mid-40s and I don't think it went down much overnight. Meanwhile, Ray built up the fire so it wouldn't be cold in here this morning.

Because of the cold rain all day, and my possible cold, and the fact that neither of us had any obligations, Ray and I did not go to the Fellowship yesterday. We played two games of Oh Hell...and the Captain won both. Ray was pretty grumpy about it, but he did well; he only threw the cards a couple times. Once he was mad at me. I did not play especially brilliantly, but it was fun to be so decadent. Of course, we had pancakes for breakfast. Ray and I did go out in the rain to get the paper. Captain and vanessa took the recycling in the afternoon, when it wasn't actually raining. I made cabbage-barley soup for lunch with a lovely little cabbage from the garden. Ray and I did a little more work tidying up the shade in their bedroom. I made oatmeal-raisin cookies. I could not come up with any ideas for supper, except more soup. There is not much in the way of meat left in the freezer. So we went out to dinner! It was good, although our waitress was a little casual and bored. We only tipped her 15%. Vanessa and I split lobster tails, even though we should have known they would not be as good as the fresh lobster we have eaten in the old days. Wonderful desserts. and great wine-Cotes du Rhone. Mommesin. I did not see much TV, since it was after 9 when we got home. We watched it, but I was mostly asleep.