Frost again last night. I had almost everything covered. We'll see if it was enough.

Yesterday Ray and I volunteered for the big cancer study. This meant answering a long questionnaire on line ahead of time and going to the hospital for about half an hour, answering some of the same questions again, getting my waist measured and some blood drawn. Unfortunately, in my case, the phlebotomist tried my right arm first and didn't get any blood. I am not fond of having needles in my arm, so that was unnecessary unpleasantness. I believe there are 300,000 of us and they will continue to ask us questions every few years and see which ones of us get cancer. It was very had to answer some of the questions. Do you know at what age you reached your present height? How much you weighed at various ages? How many cups of fruit and vegetables you ate every day for the last month? Of course, for women, they asked a lot of questions about menstrual cycles and pregnancies, too. I encourage everyone to write down your medical history, maybe on line somewhere, so you can refer to it when they ask you questions.

Elisa, by Adah

He went in an at 7. When he got home, it was time to walk Elisa to catch her ride. Today Ray walked with us and we walked over a mile. It was cold but sunny. I got to wear my hat and gloves. Cameron came too. This is a good way to start the day. Elisa, like most of the other teenagers I have known, did not want a hat or gloves or scarf.

When I went for my appointment at 9:30, Ray was able to catch a bus to his office. I headed to the library afterward and finished the reading for my Monday class. Later in the day, I started Tuesday's. We came home and spent most of the afternoon on the couch on our computers (my iPad, actually). After a bit, though, I had to go outside. It was sunny and in the 60s. I stapled chicken wire on our Amazing Chicken Fence. Cameron had trouble sticking around.

Ray went to get Elisa while I got ready and headed over to the KR potluck dinner. I played some with Adah and talked some with other neighbors. Elisa and Ray arrived and joined us. Then I had to stay for a Kenney Ridge board meeting--not my favorite way to spend an evening. There should be only one more meeting this year. In theory, my time will be up then.

When I got home, I had to watch four shows before I could go to bed, and finish my book, which was a good one, by the way. It was after eleven when we went to sleep, but it was light when I woke up.