We walked to Valley's house and back. We got ready to go and picked up Dan. I took the car from Ray's office and decided to visit Talmadge Terrace and talk to Ann. She is the one I have talked to there a couple of times about my parents moving there. She wasn't in yet and I waited a few minutes. When she got in, she was quite flustered and I suggested I could wait a few minutes more. I didn't do a very good job explaining what I wanted to talk about, but she said she couldn't really talk to me until after the Open House that they have every year the weekend after Thanksgiving. They are expecting 600 people! She said the Executive Director would be busy until after that event as well. I had wanted to ask some questions about the facility for a paper I need to write, and possibly bring up the idea of having an internship there. It doesn't seem like it will really work out from our conversation, but I have an appointment with her afater the Open House and the name and contact information for the social worker. I had wanted to come by in person because I thought she would recognize me and might not know me from the name, which she did.

My next errand was to stop at the bank, which was closed. Then I went to the library, which also turned out to be closed, at least until 1. I sat in the car; it was sunny and pleasant and I did some of my reading there. A little before noon, I headed to a restaurant to meet Becky. The Sultan is a Middle Eastern restaurant we used to go to, out near the mall, until it closed. Fortunately, it reopened on Baxter Street and we enjoyed our lunch there--hummus, gyros...

I got to the Institute early enough to do a little more reading before class. After class, I went by the hardware store and picked up a few nails, which was an entertaining experience in itself. The atmosphere and the characters that work there are very interesting to me. Then I picked up Ray and Dan and we went to Earth Fare for a little grocery shopping. After that, we headed to the high school and spent some time in the back row of the auditorium with our computers until Elisa was ready to go. It's always fun to watch the process of rehearsing scenes early on.

At home, we made hamburgers with peppers and onions and steamed broccoli. Elisa supplemented with yogurt and fruit. We watched TV and went to bed. This time, I slept until 5, a little better.