Highlights of yesterday: corn from the farmers market was delicious! In fact, the farmers market was wonderful, if not inexpensive. Went a little crazy at the Kimball Farm stand: corn, peaches!, Macintosh apples (my favorite), cantaloupe, golden zucchini, I'm sure more... after, we looked at a few other stands, that may have had cheaper items, but none looked as good. There was also a baker, where I bought a lime-blueberry muffin (delish) and a loaf of rustic white bread. It's too hot for me to bake at Molli's for a few more days.

The next plan was to go to the Mall (Galleria)--Tamara's request. She had some money to spend before school started. The question: walk back 20 minutes or so to take the things to the apartment, or go on to the mall? Not sure how we decided, but Molli and Tamara carried everything and we walked on. Naturally, getting hotter as the day went by, and starting to get a little hungry. Stopped and sat on a bench in the shade for a bit. Molli getting directions from her phone, inspecting all the streets and buildings. Neighborhood not great, but not scary. A few other people walking. Saw a man with a skull cap and beard...I don't think Jewish but Muslim. Do some wear caps? A woman with full-length dress and headscarf about the same age behind him carrying something. His wife? Required by religion and custom to walk separately?

We were almost to the mall when Molli asked, "Where's the bread?" I had paid for bread but not gotten it. $5. But I couldn't imagine walking back there.

At the mall, we saw T's friend Fiorella and her sister Brianna. They had bought their Dad a computer for his birthday...wow! Most of T's friends have interesting families. The three of them live with her aunt (I think). Parents never married? Her friend Eric lives with an aunt as well, I think. He is a citizen, born in Texas, but his parents are not.

Molli paid her Ann Taylor bill and resisted buying anything. We went to the food court and got beverages. I sat and rested my feet while they shopped. I also guarded the bags. I ate the rest of my muffin and a small package of corn chips I had brought from the apartment.

Molli checks on buses via an app on her phone, so we made our way out to the bus in time to take the next one headed the right direction. It felt much better to sit in the air conditioning than to walk. I thought of getting off and walking to the farmers market to get my bread, but couldn't muster the strength.

At home, we ate leftover pasta with ground beef and tomato sauce, green beans and cucumber. It tasted great. I got things out for supper and Tamara began working on a math assignment she was supposed to do before school started. Naturally, she had left it until the last minute. I probably would have suggested that she do it before going to the mall...

I rested