Good day--more rain. Ray walked Elisa to StipeMaases'. I came home to take a quick bath. I took him to get his lab work done for his checkup and went to the post office to mail two packages! There was a line, but it moved pretty quickly, since there were five clerks. They are supposed to arrive Christmas Eve, but it is not guaranteed. I couldn't bring myself to pay the price to get them there Wednesday. When I was saying, "I can't believe it will really take that long," she said, "You should have mailed them earlier." I said, "I was in school and couldn't do it until now." (bitch) Anyway, glad to have that done and hope they arrive safely.

I got Ray and we did a couple more errands and came home a little after 10. We puttered around and sat in front of the fire and ate leftovers for lunch. In the afternoon, we spent some time in the basement, tidying up the piles of cardboard boxes.

We walked out to check the mail about the time Elisa came home on the bus. I made some pretty good pork chops and oven-fried potatoes. Then we all went dancing. This week at DanceFX, they are having "Ballroom Bootcamp." Every night is a different step. Last night was Foxtrot, so that was fun. Becky and Kent met us there. Natalie had us rotate partners, so Elisa got to dance some too. There was one guy who was especially good--it seemed like gliding instead of stepping.

After that, I was pretty sleepy, but managed to stay awake through one episode of The Mentalist. Didn't get up until 6:30, although I was awake briefly at 3:15.