d, I think you have a legitimate right to mention the driving up w/o lights and creeping you out thing to the boy for your own peace of mind. You would not be out of line also saying that you think sneaking the girl around is skeevy (or whatever) as your opinion. Suppose he was an adult renting the downstairs part of the house would you say something?

I have unloaded the clean dishes from the dishwasher, reloaded it with more dirty, and washed the things that aren't dishwasher safe. I still need to wipe down the appliances and island counter, put away the clean dishes (after they air dry, b/c that's my way) and sweep.

And then move on to the living room.

Hil, I vote for going through the mail pile.

It is still pouring here like crazy.

I have almost 3 pages of one essay done, and a page and a half of a second. (they are each to be a max of 5 pages). Having some motivation issues pushing forward some more.

I have almost 3 pages of one essay done, and a page and a half of a second. (they are each to be a max of 5 pages).

That's great progress, Nora.

I am off to get a small gift for Mom for Mother's Day (since lunch is going to be her actual gift), and a gift for my uncle for his birthday (I was just informed today that they are having a cake for her on Mother's day).

Nora, I expect to hear of more paper progress when I get back.

eek! yes ma'am!

scurries back to paper writing

vw, an unemployment deferrement is the easiest thing in the world. Seriously. I did my last one on the phone, pre-dated it a month to cover a payment I'd missed, and signed a thing when they sent it.

Must beg Plei for makeup tricks to hide wicked dark circles under eyes when first two plots fail.

Preparation H. Seriously. I was born with dark circles under my eyes and I don't go on stage without it.

Hil, I vote for going through the mail pile.

Just did that. (Well, most of it. There's a bit that fell behind the bookshelf that I still need to get to. This rush of organization was really necessary.) I now have two pieces of furniture that have nothing on top of them except what's supposed to be there. It's kind of scary.

Awesome, Hil!

And go Nora with the being approximately half done - over half by now, I'm sure.

I swept the leaves off the front deck. i think I'll just move my teetering pile of mail into the office and deal with it later. I'm going for superficially presentable at this point, not organized.

Eta: Prep H works on dark circles? I'd heard of it to get rid of puffiness

Yay, Hil! Amazing progress.

twirls

New tag! And it matches everything!

Driveby...19 hours later and I'm in the States. Starving and disconnected and tired, but here.

Did you ever wonder how it would play out to set Tarzan in the modern age, and have Lord Greystoke retured to England by airplane in economy class, after he'd been raised by apes? I now know.

Everybody who wasn't sitting right next to us thought Mal was wonderful and kept telling me so. Everyone in a seat he could reach wants us both dead. When I'd bodily prevent him from pulling the hair of the woman in front, he'd throw something at the guy to the side. Occasionally he'd hoot and pound his chest.

I must've run him up and down the aisles 10 times to burn off energy. He had a great time.

Oh, and my luggage didn't make it, so luggage-ma please?