Gentle rain on the roof as I wake up this morning. This is good news, because there was some possibility of sleet or other wintry precipitation.

I have been trying to keep my spirits up while waiting to hear about any of the three jobs I interviewed for. It is starting to be harder to hold on to the confidence I had that I would get at least one offer and that I would soon be employed again.

In the meantime, I am cooking, especially desserts, for a big fund-raiser at the Fellowship on Friday night. And catching up on boring paperwork, like entering the amounts from the pile of receipts around my computer. My goal is to have everything done within a month, so the whole house can be thoroughly cleaned before people start arriving. I also spent about an hour yesterday adding to a story I am writing.

My Dad came early yesterday and I made some cookies to try and warm up the house. He left before lunch. I baked the chicken from Saturday night for an hour or two, so it was completely done and I had some for lunch. It was pretty good.

When Ray came home, my Dad came back to get his laundry. He dropped us off at Karen's and we fed the pigs. He split some wood while I started supper, an asparagus omelette. We had leftover potato soup too. Man, is it good! Somehow, it was after 7:30 when we were finished and we were pretty tired. I fell asleep watching John Stewart and went to bed about 9:30.