Nocturnal

I have come the the conclusion, lately, that my cats must have taught me to be nocturnal. Although I was up by about 8:00 this morning and basically worked all day, I'm wide awake at 2:00 a.m. I'm not sure what is going on, but this has happened several times the past week. Maybe I just need the peace I find when I have the house pretty much to myself.

Friday was the Library Dinner. Dinner was only $30 per person. Not much for a fund raiser, so we shouldn't have expected much of the food. Nevertheless, it was really awful. Alex had the overcooked beef, frozen corn, and salad that was mostly iceberg lettuce with a cucumber slice and unripe tomato wedge. I had the bone-in overcooked chicken with the same sides. The potatoes were pretty good. Our table had a Janet Evanovich theme and we went as Stephanie's parents. I wore my hair down (automatic big hair), lots of makeup, an apron, and carried an iron and a pint of booze. Nobody got it. Too subtle, I guess. Everybody said they liked my hair down, and here I was thinking it looked really New Jersey.

Library dinners this close to election day are interesting. Everybody comes to troll for votes. You have to be careful about who you seat together. It's almost like arranging tables at a wedding where both sets of parents are divorced. Since our mayoral race is a hot contest other local politicos have come out in support of one candidate or another. The current mayor arrived late and stayed for the festivities, the contender was there at the beginning of the function only. However the two school board members (supporting the contender), State Assemblyman and Senator (Mayor), member of the County Board (Mayor), and two City Councilmen (one each) needed to be sorted out. There's bad blood in River City these days.

Yesterday Nancy and I ran errands and window shopped. I was going to just tag along and not buy anything myself. There was a purse in Coldwater Creek I had been admiring at a serious markdown and ........

Today was Farmer's Market in the morning -- all of the peaches and plums and nectarines are gone and it's on to apples and pears and persimmons. Beans and tomatoes are also on their last legs and it's nearly root vegetable time. Later in the day I joined Ryan's mom at the kids' apartment and we packed the master bedroom and the living room. All is now ready for the movers to come on Tuesday. We started out with very organized boxes, but by the end Jessica said she was tempted to simply label them "Surprise!" The next step, unpacking and sorting out everything, is up to them. They have everything they will need for the next few days and they can spend the weekend unpacking.