Yesterday was quite gray and rainy and cool, but we hardly noticed. It wasn't raining yet when we walked on the beach for nearly 2 hours with the dogs (Ray was still asleep). We saw a bald eagle with some poor creature--John thought it was a rabbit. As we got close, it took off, but didn't go far; perhaps the rabbit was too heavy. It moved three times before finally flying out of sight. I couldn't find anything left behind. Walking with Cameron requires a certain amount of vigilance, telling him not to eat things that he finds on the beach. He's pretty good about it if you keep after him, but left to his own devices, would probably make himself sick. What do I expect? He's a dog...

After breakfast, I played a couple games of Spider. Our internet service was spotty. Early in the morning, I wrote a cover letter for a job at the University I'm interested in. Of course, it is a very long shot. Ray read the letter and said it was great. Deb read it and rewrote it (with my permission), saying I needed to brag on myself more. Eventually I incorporated most of her changes and sent it off. "They'd be crazy not to hire you," says Ray. "They were crazy to let you go," says Deb. Nice to hear. Also had an email from Ray M. about teaching at Athens Tech, so will follow up on that.

Deb and I did our Day 3 workout, including push-ups. I haven't done push-ups in many years and could not do many of them. She did the workout three times. I wonder what's in store for today's workout. We made some soup, veggies with chicken broth, some black beans and some edamame. There were some good leftovers to eat too. We all played Rhyme in Time, a ridiculous game involving coming up with rhymes and rhyming words and moving pieces on a board. I laughed so hard I cried at John trying to remember Itsy Bitsy Spider. He knew some different rhymes because he grew up in England, but he just drew a blank when he tried to remember before the time ran out.

The plumber finally came. We had not had hot water since we arrived, except somehow John managed to reset it the first day and Ray and I had showers. John had a cold shower. So then we could all take showers if we wanted to. The three of them took the dogs for a walk--it had stopped raining--and I had a shower and some private time. Then John made chicken curry--I helped chop things. They have some nice new sharp knives and it was a pleasure.

After supper, we watched an episode of Inspector Lewis they had brought. I only dozed off a little and we all went to bed about 10:30.