Dad was gone all week from Tuesday through today (Saturday). He will be home this afternoon. But I didn’t have any time to sit around being lonely. On Tuesday evening I had the trip information meeting at work, so it was a little late when I got home. Wednesday I was off from work in the early afternoon, but I had a Wildtree party at 5:30, so I spent the day getting ready for that and didn’t get home until late. Thursday is the regular choir day, after an afternoon of lessons. I had to run home before lessons to let Sherlock out, too, because I knew he wouldn’t last from 7:45 a.m. until 10:00 p.m. Friday was finally a calm day, and not raining for a change, so I did my last grape picking and got the juice started. I finished that this a.m. (another 2 quarts) and then made a batch of grape jelly, 7 small to medium jars. And I picked and covered the tomatoes because of the predicted frost last night.

And to make things even more interesting, I was seeing flashes of light in my peripheral vision, so went up to the emergency room after the Wildtree party Wednesday and was told that the ophthamologist wanted to see me first thing in the morning, so I had to run up there again Thursday. He carefully examined the back of my eye and didn’t find any tears, so he said it is probably due to changes in the stuff in the inside of the eyeball that can happen with age. I also have a floater that floats into the center of my vision quite frequently. Apparently they eventually fade or move out of the field of vision. I don’t need to do anything unless I start seeing new ones, in which case he would need to check it out again. Still, quite a little excitement in the middle of an already busy week.

So, last night I took myself out for fish. They have a very reasonable Friday special in the little establishment south of New Auburn. Salad bar, homemade soup, broiled fish. Very good for $10, including the tip. Then I spent the evening trying to finish my 1000 piece puzzle. Close, but not done, yet.