Tom's gonna be really tired when he gets home, but will go to bed, then we can have some time together tomorrow night. His mother continues to run him ragged. I mean, she's halfway as needy as a child, with things always breaking. And you can't just simply replace what's broken most of the time, cuz that house is so old, that you can't always find old parts that it needs. Yet she still stubbornly clings to that house and has others, mainly Tom, take care of it.

Still, we love the dear old lady and she gave Tom quite a treat to take home to me today. She gave me about 22 books, but there are only about 10 of them I'll like. I just started one too, and this is great timing, cuz I've been wanting something to read and I have no idea when we can go to the library again.