I am sore this morning, especially my back, but it's understandable. In the morning, we went for a short walk, then to pilates class. In the afternoon, we worked in the yard some. And last night, we went contra dancing. I had to stop about 10:30 and sit out the last 2 dances. We left just before 11 and they were about to start another one. Really good music and calling. There were 80 people there. They said it had been up to 120 earlier in the year. The room at Memorial Park isn't really big enough for everybody. We saw Tim and Susan again and Dale and Alice, with Emily and a friend (Lauren). Emily and Lauren asked us to split up and dance with them, because they didn't know what to do. That was fun, too.

Captain and Vanessa had people over for bridge, so we did some whirlwind cleaning. Vanessa made apple cake with cream cheese frosting--yum! Ray dug holes for a couple more fruit trees. Captain was out in the garden most of the day. Good thing, because it is raining this morning. We are starting to wonder why the asparagus hasn't come up. Could the winter have been too long and cold for it? I can't believe it died; it grows in much colder climates than this. We sure put a lot of work into it--it will be heartbreaking if we don't get to eat any. This was going to be the year we finally got to harvest some. About the only thing we are eating from the garden now is parsley and other herbs. We also worked around the pecan and fruit trees, digging up weeds and surrounding them with wood chips.

We got to bed about 11:30, but I still woke up at 5:30. My secret? Take a pain reliever and go back to sleep. It was light out when I woke up the second time--almost 8.