Um. Randomly went to look at the Oakland High Website, and found this lovely comment on new nutritional rules in place:

The district would like student to have healthier meals, and snakes during school hours. For students best interest.

Well, snakes are probably better for you than candy bars. As long as you dispose of the venom first, anyway.

The wait until you get there to buy choice makes more sense to me. Also, a day long plane trip might be less stressful to the cat than a multi day car ride.

Snakes! Woo!

Snakes! Snakes in a Cafeteria!

Also, a day long plane trip might be less stressful to the cat than a multi day car ride.

Probably. Man, being sensible is BORING. California better be hella fun to make up for all this unpleasant hassle getting there. Pout.

• Had tacos for supper, wished it were steak.

• Didn't have guac, thought there should be guac.

• Explained fraternal vs. identical twins to kids.

• Thought about the twins someone linked here, from snopes [link] (actually, thought about the boy frat twins mentioned further down that page, with different fathers)

• Caught up with Natter.

• Started checking brain for chip or other implant type thing.

It comes down to that I was planning on having a car and driving cross country, and kind of looking forward to it. Even though it's probably more sensible to fly and buy there, it's a lot higher stress and a lot lower fun. But as vw reminds me, if things go well with the job, I really won't have time for a cross-country drive.

It's a lot higher stress to fly there? But...but...but...the flight only takes 5 or six hours, right? Don't get me wrong, I'd love to drive cross country, but I imagine doing so alone would be really tiring, and not devoid of stress.

If you fly, I'll bet kitty is small enough to go incabin. For which I recommend duffel like soft carriers. And puppy pads lining it in case of accidents. Man, I'd love to be your seatmate because I'd so totally smuggle the cat out.(One time, I got bumped to first class and my seatmate was travelling with her kitty and the cat got lots of attention, let me tell you.) Juliana probably has the best advice should you go that route, as she's actually done it and I'm just making things up!

But...but...but...the flight only takes 5 or six hours, right?

Oh, the flight won't be much stress at all. It's the packing ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING, the figuring out what I'll really need, inevitably forgetting something completely vital, trying to fit stuff into a few suitcases, worrying about missing the plane, worrying about the cat, worrying about being picked up at the other end, et cetera, et cetera.

Don't get me wrong, I'd love to drive cross country, but I imagine doing so alone would be really tiring, and not devoid of stress.

Well, yeah. But if I had about a week to do it, I'd totally love to.

You could probably rent a minivan for about $700. Don't know if that's in your budget.

See, taking her on the plane sounds so wonderful... except she'd probably bitch and moan and yowl the whole trip. Not so wonderful.