I went to work again and had a good day. I talked with the boss, and she agreed to basically let me work the days and times I want. I know I do the best job of cleaning and am very cooperative so she must think she needs me. She has come up with some ideas that I like. When she sends me (or when the other workers do it) into the cooler to get bags of lettuce or cheese, it is difficult to get them out of the boxes. She asked me to cut the flaps off the boxes. It really helped and no one else had the time to do it. I worked until almost 1:30 because we had things to get done. We came home and then took a nap. We didn’t get to sleep long because we had to get ready to go to the Asheville Tourists baseball game. We picked up Nan Lolyer and drove to Fiores restaurant in Asheville where we met Phil coming from work. We shared a meal of veal scaloppini that was only fair. From there we all went to the ball park in our car. We didn’t arrive until the third inning and it began raining during the 5th. It didn’t stop until the end of the 7th. We need rain so no one complained. It was dollar beer night and that was quite a draw for many young people who never seemed to get into the playing portion of the stadium. The score was tied at the end of 9 innings, but we left anyway because it was nearly 10. We had trouble finding Phil’s car but finally did. We drove home and were in bed by 11:15.

Friday was a day I have not usually worked. I went in as I will for the rest of the season. I did everything but noticed how clean the parking lot was, causing me to conclude that it had rained quite a bit during the night. I also remembered to cut the flaps again causing ecstasy in the mind of the boss, Kara. It began raining somewhat hard around 11:30 and continued through 1:00. Evelyn was to come at 12 for lunch but didn’t come until 1. She had stayed home because she didn’t want to get out and come into the store during the heavy rain. Kara had agreed that we could have a free lunch a few days each week so we ate there. I didn’t check out before eating because we are supposed to get a lunch break. That is superfluous since we can eat almost anytime we want. Almost everyone but me smokes and takes smoke breaks during the day. I have decided that we nonsmokers should not be punished because we don’t smoke so I take a “nonsmoker” break. My rebellious nature is too strong. J We came home and napped while watching the Cubs beat the Padres. Evelyn had returned some items and baked some rye/onion bread and some brownies so we nibbled while getting ready for the monthly ballroom dance. She found a dress she had worn to our daughter Stacy’s senior prom (she was prom queen) and put it on. It fit! She was really excited and wore it to the dance. We just nibbled because there are usually many snacks at the dance. One of the young ladies who works with me said she wants her and her boyfriend to have a relationship like ours when they are our ages. I told her that she doesn’t see our disagreements, but she sees how we “light up” when Evelyn comes in to get me. She knows we still love each other and enjoy being together. It was quite a compliment, and I tried to make clear that all the glory goes to our Lord. I will try to talk with her more about our relationship later. I don’t know if she really knows the Lord very well.