Well, so far today, the good news is it's raining steadily, since about an hour ago. The bad news is I've been awake since about 3:30. sigh.

Yesterday morning, I spent about an hour with Jean B., the second person who's dying of cancer I spent time with in less than a week, also a member of the Fellowship. She was up and alert and pretty much taking care of herself. I put away a few dishes and kept her company and chatted a bit. One of the reasons to do this is so that when she needs more care, I will be a little familiar with how she likes things done and how her home is set up.

I spent a little time downtown at the protest. I spent time with several different people, but the ones that were there the longest are the homeless people. Now, I am not putting them down. Certainly homeless people are part of the 99%. But not the only part! I hate for people walking and driving by, and people participating, like me, to see a guy in a multicolored childish costume skirt, with a pink bandana around  his head, representing the Occupation. He left soon after I got there. I didn't have much to say to him. The woman who looks like a caricature of an Appalachian grandmother (and may be younger than me) is not really a problem. She wants me to knit her a hat and said she will bring some yarn. Jeff, who has been there a lot, and is pretty solid, except for smoking too much and disappearing around lunchtime to go to the soup kitchen most days. Jenny is a transvestite who showed me her artwork on her iPhone--about 30 picture collages dealing wtih death and suicide. She told me about her latest hospitalization and how she had to spend $80 on a cab to get back to Athens. All this is kind of interesting, but it really pisses me off that no one else has time to stand or sit with us! Paul L. stopped by for an hour or so, and so did Sabrina. LaBau stopped to chat for a few minutes on her way to her job. But where are the students? The founders of this Occupation? Where are the members of the UUFA or other liberals that I know? It is so frustrating and aggravating. I am thinking I will stay home today.

I had a nice lunch with Janna at Lumpkin Cafe--Oriental Chicken Salad and Orange Iced Tea--no dessert. We mostly talked about the wedding plans. A little about Thanksgiving and how neither of our mothers will be there.

I picked Ray up; we got a few things at Kroger while he was picking up gift cards. I am always struck by how crowded and slow it is to shop in the afternoon. I usually try to go in the morning, or I used to, and it's a million times nicer. We also stopped at the drug store to get my cholesterol meds.

I spent some time on the computer before my Dad arrived. Then we went to feed the pigs and see about getting a couple more chickens from Nancy. She says they are solid layers and I am exceited. The challenging thing is how well they will get along wtih Gladys and Mabel. She is putting them in a crate and I can get them today.

I cooked a pork roast in the oven with, you guessed it, peppers! Red and green, sauteed in oil with herbs. Yum. Mashed potatoes and even gravy, something I rarely make. TV, reading, bed about 10.