I'll send a steak back to be cooked more, but I'm polite about it.

I'll do the opposite. But yes, polite.

Dropping Matilda off this morning was completely uneventful.

Now I'm sorry I lost sleep over imagined transition issues for her changing school.

Also, for some reason when they calculated our payment they added on some extra discount, so we're paying even less than already cheap amount they'd figured.

Public School: they're just giving it away.

And, you know what? I endorse this socialist practice.

I'm so glad, David. This is going to be so good for all of you.

If something's egregiously wrong, I'll send it back, but I have done this maybe three times. And I am nice. It's not the waiter's fault that the cook got it wrong.

And yes, ita, as a former waitperson, someone who asked me to bring out a selection of spices would have politely have been told that was not an option. And it would have pissed me off. Has she ever been to France and done that? I really wonder what the reaction would be?

Granted, I didn't work at some schmancy restaurant, but if you are that particular about your food's spicing, you should probably cook at home.

Also, for some reason when they calculated our payment they added on some extra discount, so we're paying even less than already cheap amount they'd figured.

Woohoo!!! Glad to hear things are going even more your way.

I'm so glad, David. This is going to be so good for all of you.

The drop in JZ's stress level has been noticeable as we're not scraping by each month to the end of the paycheck.

Glad to hear things are going even more your way.

Don't jinx me!

I need to take some pictures of her school. It's a really fun space.

Has she ever been to France and done that?

Being in France wouldn't stop her. She doesn't want to pay for food she doesn't like. She's pretty adamant about that. If cash is coming out of her pocket, she wants to find a way to make it tasty.

Go team socialism!

Education should be (truly) free, schools should be cathedals and good teachers treated like rock stars.

Yeah, I'm a socialist.

Brazilian blowouts use high amounts of formaldehyde. I'm stunned by the high amount of emotion in the comments.

Not to mention all the shaming of the women who choose to have the formaldehyde treatment. WTF? I'm amazed at people who call themselves feminists who are 100% behind a woman's right to do what she wants with her body...as long as "what she wants" is reproductive-related. (And even then, that's kind of narrowly defined. Abortion? A woman's right? Give birth? A woman's right -- *IF* it isn't a multiple birth like the octuplets or the Duggars.) Anyway, it's cool to control your reproduction but god forbid you want to change your hair. Then you're all up in the patriarchy, collaborating and shit.

Whatever.