Went for a longer walk yesterday morning, then took Ray to his office. Worked at ALT, had a long lunch with Becky. Got the thank-you letters in the mail, although the postage machine and I don't seem to get along. Some of the letters were mailed with a copy of the program from the event, and they went through the machine all right, but the meter mark didn't show up. Nathan ran them again with the same result (.88 cents each wasted--hmm, money-saving postage meter?), and finally put stamps on them. I guess you can't put a note to the postal service that says, "we paid for these."

Picked Ray up after 4:30 and drove him to the library, where I picked up a couple fantasy books--kind of like comfort food to me. Went to pilates while he was at the Democratic Committee Executive Committee meeting. Only two of us in the class--a great workout. I have been having some trouble with my left arm and shoulder and she helped me with it. The most likely culprit seems to be the chair and computer setup at the Land Trust, which is kind of sad. I don't want to jeopardize my arrangement by complaining and I don't want to give it up, but I can't really just ignore continually worsening pain in my arm and back. I remember (during the night or early this morning) that I actually brought my own chair to the Shelter from home for similar reasons. I feel kind of funny asking them for it back... they may have gotten rid of it. It is awkward and seems a little petty, but if it saves my back, it is worth it.

Then I went back to the library and picked up Ray. We stopped at TransMet for supper. By now, it was almost 7 and I was starting to be stressed by not having eaten. I have read that diabetics should not go more than 5 hours without eating. I am not yet diabetic, but pre-diabetic, but I am trying to avoid actually getting the diagnosis, and following some of the guidelines. The pizza was delicious, but I hated getting home so late.

I spent some time on the computer and the phone, checking out fares to the northeast for spring break, now that I know I will not be working. But they are too high, no deals left this close to time. And since I am not working, we won't be going anywhere without a really good price.

I went to bed a little after 9 and read some of my new fantasy novel before I fell asleep. Unfortunately, I woke up again before 3, with my shoulder hurting and other things on my mind. So I went in the red room and read for a while and dozed some before getting up. Ray is packing for his trip to Cloudland Canyon with some of the students (and professors). When he goes there, I remember the time my sisters and I went there. It was really nice.