Pitch black this morning and I didn't really feel like getting out of bed; started reflecting about my last job and decided I needed to get up and think about something else. Ray was already hard at work in the other room.

Hard rain in the morning. Ray dropped me off at ALT, where I worked on the bike race sponsorship packets. He took the car to have its oil changed (free because of a card that we had stamped 6 times previously) and then went for his hair cut and beard trim. I was there almost 4 hours, but didn't see Nancy or Heather.

Back home, I baked 4 loaves of wheat bread and a batch of cookies and made chicken soup with squash and mushrooms for supper. The rain stopped and I let the chickens out in the wet for a couple hours. The rain gauge said 2 1/2 inches! The plants should be very happy for the next week or so with all that rain followed by sunny warm days. It's supposed to hit 80 this weekend.

I walked to John G.'s house with Cameron. He stayed outside whining during the Community Center meeting. He didn't get a walk in the morning and I was glad of his company. It was still a little light when we walked home.

Caught most of About a Boy on TV, a good movie. If you haven't seen it or read the book, do. My favorite combination, funny and touching.