I dropped Ray off to take 15 students to Providence Canyon. He wanted to be there at 7;30 and leave at 8. He was there at 7:45 and waited in vain for two who didn't show, leaving at 8;30. What college student would sign up for a field trip, not show up and not tell anyone? Someone who stayed out late the night before?

I had to register for the Run/Walk for Home and made it about 5 minutes before 8. I said, "it's not the last minute yet, right?" And someone said, "no, you're fine." It was Meredith. Maureen said, "Hi, Patty," as she took my money. And I rushed off. Becky and her friend Theresa had been waiting for me, but I told them to start. I went by my car to leave the t-shirt and handouts and caught them at the corner. Gloria, Kasey and Clarke were there too. We made it all the way, coming it at under an hour. Casey Mull was one of the winners, Kent got third in his age category. Becky and I said if we do it long enough, we will win by being the only ones our age. I think I was seventh for 55-60 (out of 7). But I was pleased.

Drove home, took a bath, wrote a poem about Anger. My parents arrived and did their laundry. Vanessa and Cameron took a walk. My Dad went out to work in the garden and I joined him. The garden is a place of beauty and joy, especially this spring. Yesterday morning was cool and misty, great for the walk and pretty good for gardening, if you don't mind getting muddy. The potatoes are thriving, the onions, the broccoli, everything. We picked some peas to have with our lamb dinner-they were small and few, but they were tasty. The Captain dug up a potato a little bigger than his thumb, just to show that they are coming along. There is going to be a moment when we are buried in lettuce. Although there are many lovely strawberries, something is eating a lot of them, in spite of netting I put over them. We may go to Washington Farms to pick some. I added a little wood ashes to the beets after reading that is a good thing to do. Captain scraped up weeds with a hoe and hilled up the potatoes some more. The chickens laid three eggs and wandered loose for several hours. Captain and Vanessa left about 3; I did some computer work. And somewhere in there I made the rolls for today and started on a chocolate cake. Except I ran out of sour cream. My Mom picked some up for me while she was at Kroger. I went to their place for lamb cooked on the grill, mashed potatoes and a few baby peas. We had red wine and then ice cream with Kahlua.

Ray called me to come pick him up when he was about 10 minutes away. I got to the department just as my phone rang again. "I'm out of gas," he said. It's cheaper to get gas for the UGA vans at the motor pool and he almost made it. I went to the gas station and bought a gas can ($8.55!) and filled it and took it to him. Eventually, we left the geology building about 7 and stopped briefly at Kroger to buy lots of asparagus for today's dinner. Ray had leftover lentils and rice from earlier in the week. I baked the cake and watched TV and went to bed.

Naturally, I am a bit sore and possibly dehydrated from yesterday's exertions. But I'll be good.