(We called her last weekend when the sink was still slow, after it became obvious that Draino wasn't doing the job.)

This may sound obvious, but have you tried a plunger? (It took me two days to think of that the last time I had a drain plugged, and 2 seconds to fix the problem once I did.)

This may sound obvious, but have you tried a plunger?

Huh! We hadn't, but that's a great idea. I'm going to email DH right now and tell him to try it!

The last time Joe and I had a plugged drain, Drano didn't do it, plunging didn't do it.

Know what did it?

Opening the drain.

D'oh.

t /not helping

The cool thing about plunging is that it's a good way to work off the frustration of the plugged drain/toilet.

Unless it doesn't work.

No luck with the plunger. Feh.

t waves weakly from desk, surrounded by papers

I should be working. I've already taught two classes and have one more to go and a ton of grading, parent emails, and various bureaucratic paperwork to complete.

Donwanna. Want cuddly blanket and nap.

ME TOO WANT CUDDLY BLANKET AND NAP!

I want to be in daycare.

I'll give her a few weeks before I really worry about it

Try not to worry about it even if it takes her longer than a few weeks. Lord knows it takes me more than a few weeks to get acclimated to a completely new situation, and I've got 31 years of life experience to draw on.

I had THE most inept cashier ever.

No, I did. She was strung out on smack, and it took forever, but she managed to miss swiping half my groceries so I got about $100 worth of groceries for $40 dollars. She was utterly dumbstruck trying to bag them so I relieved her of that duty before the manager noticed.

Susan, I'll just add my voice to the chorus of "that's normal" for that age. Kids don't like to share, really. And behaviorally we don't expect them to get the sharing concept down until they're a little older.

And behaviorally we don't expect them to get the sharing concept down until they're a little older.

But not by, say, age 34, right? Years?