Tuesday, Sept 30, 1884 Calvert and I went downtown before dinner. It was a grey morning and after dinner it began to rain. Sara had invited John and Nannie, Mrs. Littell Nannies sister, and her aunt Mrs. Van Dusen to tea. It rained quite hard at intervals during the afternoon and they did not come, to our disappointment. I have had a feeling of unrest and depression but not to so great an extent as yesterday. I always feel more calm and serene on a grey day. I must have been born for the shade and not for the sunshine. If it does not rain too hard in the morning I am going to N. Y. to see Dr. Hunt about my eyes and to look at my room to make some arrangement for my sleeping this winter since my bedroom is to be rendered useless by the alterations to the building. I have hesitated about going but I think upon the whole I had better. My father went to see Maj. Cornell today about buying the Old Senate House in Kingston to preserve it to the city as a historic relic. He said he would head a subscription. We sat in the Parlor this evening and Girard and Mary came in. Marion went to the circus with Jamie, Charlie & Girard and they were caught in the rain.
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