Gray skies, although it is clearly light out, birds making a racket, windows open, fan on. Yesterday was rainy, at least in the morning, although not much accumulation of precipitation in the rain gauge. Vanessa and I zipped off to an early morning sale at Belk, a charity event, $5 for a ticket and really good sales. I bought two dresses for $38 each, and two pair of shoes. Missed Amelia, though. I hope she will approve. thinking about what to take on our trip to France...comfortable, easy to pack, looks nice...

Vanessa did not buy anything; trying stuff on is a challenge for her and she had recently bought a dress at Talbots. We then drove to Trumps, where we met the guys at the Democrats' breakfast. This was the event where our state legislators, Keith Heard and Doug McKillip, spoke about the just-ended legislative session. They talked about how they tried to keep extreme legislation from being passed, save as many education dollars as possible, try to increase income, but Georgia  is behind other states in a lot of ways. Many elected officials are worrying about the next election, instead of the next generation (according to Doug). A Democratic governor would help.

After that, Ray and I ran a couple errands and headed home. It was still morning and we had already done a lot! Spent a little time outside, made bread, played cards, drank mint juleps and watched the Kentucky Derby, ate supper and watched more TV.