Day 794

We woke up at 8 today, but didn't get up until 9.  Then it was pet stuff and breakfast.  After that I started doing the final prep for Melissa and John coming.  I cleaned off my part of the kitchen tabel and piled Ellen's part for her to clean up.  Then I put away the stuff we had piled up on the guest bed.  Finally I went out to the apartment.  I turned on the heat and the water heater.  I also moved around out some stuff in the living room.  I took several things to the truck to take to Goodwill.

After that we went to the vet.  We needed more water for the cats.  After that we stopped for a donut and then dropped off the stuff at Goodwill.

We got home about 11:30.  I went out to haul gravel.  I moved 22 loads.  That was enough to cover half of the area under the trailer as well as filing in the area in front of the trailer.  It's beginning to look like the end is in sight.  That took an hour and a half, so I did some rock raking.  I cleared off the area beside the trailer and in front of the apartment steps.  By then it was raining.

I went inside and had lunch and a shower.  I was just finishing the shower when Melissa and John showed up.  We talked for a few minutes and then Ellen, Lucy, and I left for the dog party.

It was raining heavily and traffic was a little screwed up.  We got to the party about 3:30.  The place is a bar converted from a small residential house.  There ware areas outside, but they weren't covered.  So everyone and their dogs were inside.  Lucy and I were disappointed.  There was supposed to be a doggy buffet, but there wasn't one.  Instead they had a few small cups of treats.  I had a couple of drinks and we stood around for an hour and a half (there was mo place to sit).  We basically stayed until they had the secret Santa drawing.  Lucy got a cool chew toy.

We stopped at the post office on the way home.  There were a couple of packages with things I ordered on Black Friday.  I still have two more things to come.

When we got back I fed the animals and then we had dinner (Rudy's) with John and Melissa.  We talked until about 9 and then they went to bed.

The rest of the evening was surfing.