I'm very pleased with my procrastinating today. I got to post with several great people whom I hadn't "seen" in a while. Very nice of the universe to arrange it like that.

Good Universe. We should give it lots of biscuits.

I just shot up my cat, and we both survived. YAY.

We should give it lots of biscuits.

Considering the apple I was just eating turned out to be bad (and, yes, I was halfway through), could I get some of the universe biscuits, instead? (also, Perkins, that's such a sweet thing to say!)

we both survived.

Poor you both, but definitely Go You.

I wish all feline medications came in injectible form. So much easier.

Those schedules are different for different schools, in the USA, right?

Hoo boy, yes. Schedules are even known to vary within a school district. Where I grew up, school was usually out by June 1 and started up in the first half of August. I felt sorry for my cousins who were still in school in late June. Of course, come August, they felt sorry for me. Heh.

It was humid and warm this morning, but as the day goes past, it's supposed to get even warmer... but much more dry. So by 2 PM when I have my lunch, it should be well-nigh perfect.

I think I'm going to go over and sit in the Public Garden, if the wind is manageable.

Considering the apple I was just eating turned out to be bad (and, yes, I was halfway through), could I get some of the universe biscuits, instead?

You know whats worse than finding a worm in your apple, right?

Finding HALF a worm!

(I don't think I've told that joke since I was six.)

Schedules are even known to vary within a school district.

Why?

When I was a kid, a lot of the fun of the summer vacation was in spending lots of times with cousins that we usually didn't get to see much. They'd be at our place for a week or two (my mom was very brave), we'd go to their place for a while (some of my aunts and uncles got that bravery, too), it was great. We probably wouldn't have been able to do that with the different schedules.

You know whats worse than finding a worm in your apple, right?

Hee, yup, I do (I was six once, too!). And it wasn't a worm! It just had this brown stuff, but only on the inside, near its center. It looked perfectly OK on the outside.

Schedules are even known to vary within a school district.

Sometimes the grammar schools have different days for conferences, meaning half days. Sometimes the older kids -- high school kids -- go longer due to exams, or get out sooner. When Ben was in grammar school and Jake was in middle school, they always had the same big holidays off (winter vacation, etc.), but there were a lot of times one would have a half day and the other wouldn't.

Why?

Year round schooling is the usual culprit. This is the first google result I found describing it a bit [link] This one is more concise , but particular to the school district in question [link]

different days for conferences, meaning half days

Doesn't that drive the parents with more than one kid insane?

Thanks, sara. We have nothing like this.

Doesn't that drive the parents with more than one kid insane?

According to every single parent I know, yes. Also seems to drive the teachers batty.