Well, how did that happen? I seem to be a delegate to the Democratic state convention in Athens in 3 weeks. Hmm. Ray volunteered to help with the caucus, where the good democrats of Athens gather to choose delegates. I went along for the ride and enjoyed chatting with Shelby and others. Came time for the actual event and they said, we don't have any women running. (the democrats require a gender-balanced group of delegates). Someone (Madelyn) pointed at me and I said, I'll do it. I quickly filled out a sheet of paper--and then I was told, "it costs $50." Well, too late now, it's for a good cause and it will be interesting, I hope. I wonder why none of the "old-timers" wanted to do it...Another woman also agreed and the election proceeded. I and two men (including David J.) are the delegates. The other woman and one more man are alternates.

After that, we went along to pilates, where we had a substitute teacher, who we have had before. She is quite good and we like her pretty well, but she is not Amanda! After that, home for lunch. Captain and Vanessa had been to the farmers' market, so we had fresh corn on the cob, tomatoes from the garden, bread from the farmers' market. Mmmm, yum. the taste of summer. Then, since it was way too hot out to do anything more constructive, we played cards. We also ran out to get some roofing material for the chicken coop from David S., our neighbor, and some watermelons from Karen F.