What a long and busy day. I was up and at work by 8:00 A.M. for a volunteer function, a neighbor's and co-worker's parent's funeral mass, a meeting with a community leader, a visit with a fashion-social entreprenuer, the book store, the hair salon, and a visit to my parents by 5:00. P.M. I am now exhausted and my sore throat and earache has returned. I will now nap, because this "it girl" has a birthday party and poetry reading to attend tonight! I have not been to the Avaunt Garden since it was Helios.

(No; my grammar has not gotten worse. My neighbor's father passed away and her sister is also my co-worker. )