That was a fun day! There was no home football game yesterday for the University of Georgia, nor an away game. That's why there were lots of activities scheduled.

It was cool in the morning and it's dark so late now, but we managed a walk to the mailbox and back, bringing in the newspaper and giving Cameron a little exercise. We thrashed around and drove off just as my Dad arrived. It was a beautiful sunny day.

We picked up Elisa at the home of her host family in Five Points. She was ready to go because I had called her, dressed in shorts and a t-shirt. We took her to pilates class with us, something she hadn't done before. She is 15 and quite thin, so I don't think it was hard for her. There was a full house at Balance. In the same complex, the Democrats were having a party. We stopped and listened to the music and said hi before heading to the farmers' market. We made one tour around and decided not to buy any $3/lb veggies. Ray talked to Richard Saunders, as he does most times.

Elisa is very sweet and agreeable and didn't talk much, although her English appears to be excellent. She seemed interested in everything, but not one thing more than another--not jewelry or soaps or any kind of food. Our next stop was the Lickskillet Market at the Lyndon House. There were many booths, with arts and crafts of all kinds. Our friends Le'Ann and Merdyth were there, selling crocheted items. We saw lots of other people we knew, mostly from the Fellowship. We even looked around the original Lyndon House, which is now a historical museum, restored as it might have been about 100 years ago. We managed to resist buying anything, atlhough there were some photographs that tempted me.

Our last stop was at Farm 255, where Slow Food was having a fund-raising event. For $10, we had lots of hummus and homemade crackers, hushpuppies with honey, and kale chips. We met my Dad there and he bought a bottle of good Pinot Noir to go with. Elisa had water, but she seemed to enjoy the food. There was music, too, and people we knew to talk to, although they were mainly older.

Although we enjoyed the appetizers, we decided we needed more. The restaurant was not open, so we walked up the street to the Last Resort Grill, where we had to wait about 10 minutes for a table. We all enjoyed our lunch. Elisa had my favorite, vegetable grill. I had a chicken and pasta dish, Ray had enchiladas, and I don't remember what Mudge ordered. I also had a piece of Bailey's chocolate cake, which I ate all by myself! It was delicious. We wandered around the block--Elisa had never been downtown or anywhere else in Athens or the area, except Clarke Central and a variety of Indian and Chinese restaurants that her host familly patronizes. We will change that!

We left her at her house and drove home to a beautiful fall afternoon--sunny and warm in my living room, cool outside, especially in the shade. Ray promptly took a long nap, while I worked on reading about long term care, Medicaid, and Medicare. It was very depressing, but I got a lot done.

When he got up, we had some salad and watched a little TV. We are trying to stay up later, as we have a couple events next week in the evening.