I had a restful day. I called my boss this morning and he made the usual noise about anything he could do to help. So I thought about it and explained I was out of groceries and would he like to do up my dishes. He laughed off the dishes (as he was supposed to do) and took my grocery list. Around 1:00 his wife showed up at my door with two sacks of groceries.

We chatted for a while, talking of my Australia trip and her intentions to go there. It was nice to have a civilized conversation, face to face, with an interesting person. Today is her birthday. She's 64.

During our conversation I mentioned that I was now two weeks late getting my laundry done. She insisted on taking it to do herself. My boss will drop it off tomorrow afternoon.

Did I mention that they are very nice people?

But my dishes are still dirty.