Back on schedule, I am walking about a mile to a mile and a half every morning, escorting Elisa to her ride. This morning, Ray went on for a longer walk. Cameron went with him and Osa came home with me. We got our second egg of the year, small, but exciting. I let the chickens out since I was going to be home all day.

Ray left about 11. I did some KR work at Sky's, printing statements for a couple families who haven't paid their dues. I arranged to meet with Kate at the Council on aging about my internship and did some other computer stuff, mainly trying to find the books I need for my classes at the best price.

Molli came by after taking the test to score essays, which she thought went pretty well. That job wouldn't start until the 27th, if they hire her. She worked on her taxes and talked to Stephanie about insurance. She had brought lunch, so we ate that.

It was gray all day and I kept putting wood on the fire to keep it warm in the house.

My Dad arrived and seemed pretty cheerful. He got his dry laundry and picked some dill for the salmon he was making. He also picked all the meat off my leftover chicken pieces and I made a fairly complicated chicken lasagna rollup dish, which was well received.

The three of us had fun playing a game Kevin gave me for Christmas. It is not great, but we have never been able to come up with a great game for three people. Rummy and Scrabble are contenders. Molli thought Mudge and I would be too good for her to play Scrabble with. This is a card game with four suits on each card (Exactica?). The person calls the suit when they play. It might get better as we play it more. But, what's the saying? A lousy day playing cards is better than a good day going to work? Something like that.

My Dad left. Molli worked. I cooked. We did some puzzle. Elisa arrived home, having ridden the bus. She prepared the broccoli. Ray finally came about 5:30 and we sat down to eat about 15 minutes later.

I did some knitting, some puzzling, and watched TV. Elisa likes the Mentalist. If you know the series, you know who Red John is. This episode featured him and was especially violent and scary. Not good for sleeping, although I managed 8 hours or so. I just felt a little off and woke up at 4. Could be the TV show, could be the fact that it's my Mom's birthday. But it's probably more the uncertainty of my life right now. I need to get this internship set up, need to buy my books and pay my tuition, and pretty soon I need to figure out the rest of my life.