Hello, stress. Well, I asked for it. and the weather is not helping. It was in the 80s yesterday, with off and on downpours. You may have heard that there was a 2000-mile storm in the eastern United States. Sounds like the end of days to me--or global warming--or both.

Work started out pretty routine. As it's nearly the end of the month, I am getting a head start on the reimbursements I'll be submitting next week. I had to go pick up the quarterly tax form from the accountant and got lunch at Panera while I was out. good food.

I got an email from Meredith, who was at a meeting in Atlanta, to prepare a YTD budget comparison for the board meeting last night. QuickBooks does the work, so it wouldn't take me very long. but I study it before I print it, to see if there is anything that doesn't look right. I can adjust the categories on an item if need be, so that took a while. She had also asked for a very preliminary budget for next year, so I started working on that and wanted to leave it for her before I went. I was heading out at 3:40 when she walked in, so I had to chat briefly with her before heading out.

Ray and I headed home in the rain, a little later than planned. I made supper, which turned out pretty mediocre, and made brownies for the memorial service. My Mom made oatmeal cookies too. That was all I had time for, before heading back for rehearsal.

Rehearsal was fun, except I am tired and sore today. I am not on stage much, and nothing I do is very strenuous, but I do have to go up and down stairs and stand around in ouchy shoes. And I have been getting not quite enough sleep for a while. There was one place I nailed the high note really well. and afterward the music director told me not to sing it. He said there weren't enough people in that scene and we should all sing in unison. Oh, well, my moment in the spotlight...gone. It's really fine.