We had snow yesterday, just flurries, but it was pretty to watch coming down. They have been predicting the possibility of 2-3 inches last night and people have been talking about it--who will cover the shelter if it snows, etc. The Captain was at Kroger yesterday afternoon, buying wine, and it was a madhouse. No parking, no carts. Vanessa is scheduled for a colonoscopy next week and had an appointment to meet with the doctor. She waited over an hour.

Yesterday I started working on the budget for the shelter for this year--not easy with no guidance, but you have to start somewhere. At noon, several of us attended the Homeless Coalition meeting. Good to network with others in the field.

At 2:30 I left and went to pick up Ray. When we got home, he called the satellite repair man, who said he would come that day if possible (even though it was snowing). Ray told him if we were going to be snowed in, we wanted our TV to work. I worked on supper and then took a break. Captain and Vanessa arrived after her doctor's appointment and Carl the repairman said he was on his way. Ray was supposed to leave for a Democratic Committee meeting, but he wanted to stay to talk to Carl. After he left, Carl got the TV going again. He checked out all three of the TV's to make sure they were all working and fixed the place in the living room where we could plug it in if we want to move it. We talked to him for quite a while, an interesting guy, retired from the marines, talked to the Captain about taking up sailing and the time he fell overboard from a destroyer. Someone saw him go and threw a rope down before he even came up. Otherwise, he would probably have been a goner. We had a lovely drink and snack in front of the stove and dinner when Ray got home. Then we could watch TV. I didn't make it through one show and crawled up to bed at 9.