Tuesday is my mother's yoga class at 8 am. Ray stayed home to put the cutter bar on my Dad's tractor with him, so he could mow the back yard and some other grass, while the lawnmower is at the shop. My mother likes to get there about 5 minutes of, so she can get a good spot on the floor with her mat. This gives me plenty of time to get to work right on time. It never happens when Ray goes with us. For some reason, we are always 5 or 10 minutes later than we would like.

I worked on reading and editing the financial policies for the Shelter. They were clearly taken from some other organization's some years ago and never completely changed for our situation. For instance, they refer a lot to the Bookkeeper, which I had to keep changing to Assistant Director. One thing that I find these days, no matter what I am editing, is that people leave two spaces after a period. This is a holdover from the days of typewriters, which made every letter (and space) the same size. Computers leave the right amount of space after a period, but we all learned to put two spaces. So one of the things I do whenever I edit someone else's work is take out the extra spaces. There are also some written policies that we are not following, so I will probably have to start doing that, once Meredith has looked at them.

We went to the pool again yesterday. It was lovely and cool and relaxing. I left work before 2, went to deliver the reimbursement requests and to the bank, and then went home to pick up my parents, so they could come too. Ray and I swam back and forth several times, then I sat and read my novel (that Barbara sent me). It wasn't really as hot as it has been, and a little overcast. After about an hour, my Dad was ready to leave. I bought Coke and chips and an ice cream sandwich after I took my shower and got dressed, waiting for Ray. (Who says women take longer to get dressed than men? I am always ready before he is.)

When we got home, I knew what I was making and I wasn't starving to death and we didn't have drink and snack. I cut up the zucchini and squash Captain had picked the day before, a couple small onions and a garlic (also from the garden) and sauteed in butter and oil. Then added some canned spaghetti sauce (I didn't even measure it). Ray cooked the spaghetti and grated the cheese and voila, a complete meal in less than 30 minutes. It was good too. After we ate so early, I didn't know what to do with myself...I got a lot of knitting done and even did a load of laundry. I seemed to have more energy than I had in a while. Of course, I did end up watching lots of TV before going to bed at 9:30.