Insanely busy day, in a good way.

We walked and I drove Ray to work and picked up my Dad to bring him home. We stopped at the grocery store to get a few things. It was between 11 and 11:30 when we got to my house and we needed to leave again at 12:30. I had mixed up bread earlier and baked it before we left. He hung out my laundry for me and fixed the arbor. The top had blown off in the storm a couple weeks ago. He got his email and checked the internet, because he couldn't get it at his house the last day or two. Then he took a bath. I knew he was definitely not leaving at 12:30, but I worked on my patience skills and told myself it was more important to be nice to my Dad than to get the places I was going at the times I wanted to. I sliced a couple pieces of really hot bread, which is not easy to do and put them in a container with salami and cheese. I ate some leftover salad from Teds the night before--spinach and beets, yum. We got in the car with all the stuff he had brought--change of clothes, food for lunch (which he didn't have time to eat), lettuce from the garden, two computers. The traffic on the way to his house was awful--Friday lunchtime is particularly bad on Hawthorne. I did not lose my temper at all.

I got to the invitation place at 1:25, approximately 25 minutes late, but it didn't matter. She had a sample invitation for me -- yay! it looks awesome. The colors are not what Amelia wanted, so I will have to let them know Monday what ones to use, but they can be ready by Wednesday. OMG, now to warm up  the hands for writing those addresses and buy the silver pens. Ideally, want them to go out by Saturday. Postage for overseas?