It's someone hired by the neighbors. The problem is, I'm bad at confrontation. I just went out and told them to lay off the plants, under the theory that they might do better if they know someone is watching.
'Safe'
Spike's Bitches 22: You've got Angel breath
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
We went to the zoo! (yes, I know Deena beat me too it, but still, ZOO.)
I got to meet Cashmere, and Owen, and spend more time with Deena and Aidan and Kara, and you should all be very jealous.
but once the curl finishes growing out
Are you sure it's going to stop being curly? You might need to talk to Sail or Rio or Brenda on curl maintenance.
Cereal: Nicole, did you like the Los Lobos CD?
I think most of the curl is going to grow out, because it's about half straight now. I liked the curl. I'll probably get a perm eventually, but my friend the stylist thinks my hair is too wacky now for a perm.
Perkins, I did!
More!
Even my hair gets, like, wave, short. When it's long, it's too heavy, pulls it out.
More!
Yay! I will send it to you when I get home.
Double yay, Perkins!
Can someone send me a rush order of chocolate? Or a weapon?
8888?
(edit) Go team me!
Finally caught up. My heart, she is all breaking for Deena and for -t. I send hugs.
What everybody else said about Aidan’s diagnosis. Plus I can offer one more thing I learned at that-there job I used to have: The learned ones with degrees who dispensed advice to parents of autistic children were forever recommending that choosing an “older, chatty girl” as a playmate would provide the best sort of companionship and peer modeling available. Socializing at preschool and daycare will be beneficial experiences for Aidan, but he’s already got a powerful Seekrit Weapon: his big sister, right there at home. He’ll be watching her and learning from her in an organic, unforced way all through his childhood. Hopefully he’ll model the cute things she says instead of the mistress-of-destruction thing.
ION DH and I are sitting here looking through Help Wanted ads and hurling our information out into the void hoping that somebody will like us enough to call. This feels approximately as bad as being a wallflower at the school dance.
PS - Deena, DH sends his regards AND a pat on the head.