We are back from the party. Before leaving, I got the first batch of nuts and bolts made (the second batch will have to wait until I get more Worcestershire sauce.)
After the movie, dh made up the Shepherd's pie for tomorrow night. And then I cleaned up the kitchen and started the dishwasher.
The washing machine was poorly behaved on Monday when I was out so I had to wait until I was I awake to run the next load. I monitored it and all went as it should (the problem when dh was here was the timer seemed to get stuck.) That load is in the dryer for a second time now because my dryer is pathetic and 50 minutes for a huge load of towels, sheets and 2 pairs of jeans wasn't enough. Go figure! (I'm sounding a bit like Lucylee's dh right now!)
The party was fine. We stayed for two hours and circulated quite well. After we got home, dh said, "I don't think I've ever got so exhausted at a party before." and I had to point out he's never been to a party the same day he had anesthetic and an operation before. He did admit that might be the source of his exhaustion!
Now we are off to bed, although dh is checking email first. We sold two books today but one of the two would like some training too. He just doesn't have the minimum number of students for us to go to him (Knoxville!) so dh will be offering he send fewer people here. We'll see how this works out.