Dupont:

Finally posted a plea for house cleaning on Chateauguay Chit Chat. half a dozen responses flew in! I asked the first one to phone me. She did everything she could to get the house looking OK for son's arrival which he upgraded to tomorrow afternoon. We delighted in her already being here!

A fine young woman whose goal in life is to be a house cleaner! She worked quietly and confidently for two hours. Found an extension cord for the shop vac and used it. No muss no fuss! Definitely the best that could be done! I had started the morning by trying to vac the staircase - only lasted about 15 minutes - got halfway! I happily paid her $40/hour for her two hours. And me not being wrecked!

A trip out for a few essentials - an hour at most - was all of yesterday's energy.

My effort to connect with a few of the women I met at a local group elicited a call this aft -- my phone never rings more than once a day. Francoise is coming by at 9 am tomorrow. I am barely conscious at that hour but shall make a supreme effort!

Warm enough this aft to sit on the front steps for a while several times. Started a book - Creatures of the Rock by Andrew Peacock, 2014. Adventures of a young vet who aged during his 30 years in rural Newfoundland - starting with learning Newfie English! Been there! It can be exceedingly different! Interesting so far- two young vet students figuring out how to castrate a 600 pound boar without getting killed!

R on way back - sometime tonight with any luck. Letter telling me to come and have a retake of photo for drivers license. I hope it can happen at the one ten minutes away! And have not yet managed auto insurance - phoned 3 dif offices and none had clearly functional phones. I had no idea what they were saying - in English.