Last supper

We're trying to eat most of the food left in the house tonight but we can't even come close. We have leftovers from the restaurant last night, plus food the Midwestern contingent brought. There is the equivalent of a small grocery store still here and they're spending a lot of time trying to figure out who will take what home. Luckily those of us flying home have nothing to do with these discussions.

Still very hot and humid, blazing sun today. I got up at 5:45 this morning, plugged in the coffee pots and waited for everyone else to get up. We spent the day in Madison, first going to the broadcast of an NPR show (What d'ya know?). We got to be on the air (listen for the broadcast where he crashes Rockford and introduces the Potluckers one by one--I'm Betsy Rogers, of course). After that we walked to the farmers' market, through broiling streets, then went to a great restaurant/brew pub and had lots of great beer and food. Long hot walk to the cars, then drove around the UW campus, which made us all wish either we or our children would go there. Got ice cream at the student union (like the Univ.of Vermont, UW's ag people make their own ice cream). Some of us sat by the lake but most thought it was too smelly. Well yes, it was, but there were nice ducks there and I miss the water.

Long tiring ride home. Everyone faded and tired but we've all perked up. Now eating leftovers and drinking various combinations of vodka, cranberry juice, ice, etc. Cosmos, etc. Lots of conversations taking place in several places, such a companionable thing.