The house is empty again, except for Ray and me, but I have a little carryover happiness still.

Amelia and Ray and I had breakfast together and walked. Amelia and I dropped him off at work and went to Plain Jane to have a final discussion about the invitations. They had the envelopes and we picked them up, so now I must address them all. They will be ready to pick up on Wednesday, and I paid the bill.

Amelia packing up the car

We went to Michael's and Amelia bought several things, I bought a few. We bought small terracotta pots in two sizes. Now it is up to my Dad to let me know which size he wants. Then I will buy 100 of them. He is growing herbs for favors for the guests.

Suddenly, it was noon and time for Amelia to get going. She had some lunch and packed up her car and left. It was a sunny but cold day.

Adah is dancing with a plastic chair at the pavillion

I had a little time by myself, with my computer, before my Dad arrived and it was time for me to pick up Adah. She is a 4-year-old neighbor of ours. We are very fond of each other and I have arranged to have her spend the afternoon with me every other week. She was very excited to see me. She is an incredibly high-energy child. The minute she was in the car, she wanted to know if I had any gum. Then she wanted the music turned on. She pretended she had homework and showed it to me. Then I was the teacher and she changed her name. Then we walkd over to the pigs, taking many detours. She waited behind the fence while I fed them. The goats wanted her scarf and she did not enjoy that experience. We walked home again and read stories and then I told her it was time to go. She cried heartbreakingly and complained we hadn't made the cookies. I said, "next time." When I took her home, her brother was very unhappy that he had to wait a whole week before it was his turn. He had that incredible sense of injustice and air of "it's not fair" that I remember well.

I spent a few minutes with Ray (my Dad had picked him up) and then spent the evening at a Kenney Ridge meeting. The new board president wanted to pass a statement saying that members should work things out before reporting someone anonymously. What happened is, there is a law on the books that no more than two unrelated people can live in one house. One of our neighbors rents the downstairs to one person and the upstairs to another person, while continuing to live on the main floor. That's three unrelated people. It is meant to prevent large numbers of students in single-family neighborhoods. It is a relatively harmless violation, but one that I object to. On the other hand, I would not report them for it and I am sorry that someone did. Nonetheless, I don't think the Board can "legislate" the requirement for people to be considerate and get along. We don't have proof that it was someone in Kenney Ridge, but some people believe it was done vindictively. I had trouble staying awake and left promptly at 9.

I couldn't even watch one entire episode of Wheel and slept well all night.