I have a bad cold; my brain barely works at all. Stuffy head, coughing, sneezing yesterday. Took some meds and went to sleep before 9, but woke up again about 1 and didn't sleep much more. Head aches.

Amelia will be here in a couple hours! She is on the train headed this way, arriving about 7 am.

Yesterday Ray and Vanessa and I went out. we dropped her at the drugstore, then I went to the famers' market. Last of the season. Ray stayed in the car. At that point, he was sicker than I was. It was rainy and cold, not too many vendors were there. But I got lots of good things and they thanked me for coming out. baby bok choy for Amelia, zucchini, potatoes, tomatoes--yes in December--lettuce, spinach. Then we went to Add Drug and mailed the last box, to the Cape. At Earth Fare, I bought a few more groceries, including orange juice.

At home, we had lots of good leftovers to choose from for lunch. Vanessa went over to Sky's to bake some cookies. She called me when she was done and I took over an apple cake I had made in the morning. I made the ziti for tonight's Kenney Ridge progressive dinner. We'll have to figure out where to bake it tonight. Then Mom started the pot roast. Apparently, the hot plate just stopped working--overworked, perhaps. We put the pot roast on the wood stove and Ray built up the fire. It was delicious and worked just fine. We had old-fashioneds for our colds and went to bed early. I don't think I made it through all of Jeopardy.