This is why I gave the boys a heads up about the Happy Birthday banners at Christmas time. Please do not ask who is having a birthday.

Good catch Before the post there, Zen.

So, called the after-hours appointment line for the clinic, they got me a 9am appt. with a doc I'd seen before. I arrived at the clinic to be told that he was not on the schedule for the day, but they could get me squeezed in with someone new to me. Yup, still have pink eye. The reaction to the drops might be a sulfa allergy. Also gave me an antibiotic for the annoying, irritating cough (which has not yet progressed to the point that I would have gone in just for it, so that will save me some a bit of bother later.

Stupid pink eye.

Windy I hope you feel better soon.

Last night I met Will at a half way point and we went to Stowe and had dinner at Frida's Taqueria. The food was good but it was pricey so that's going to be a special occasion place. They make guacamole table side. Will had tacos - carnitas and carne asda. I had pork and black bean tamales.

Today we're supposed to do something when he gets off work but it's raining.

I went to the farmer's market, passed on strawberries. They look good but everyone was selling quarts and I don't think I could have eaten them all.

And the Humane Society was having a fund raiser so I stopped by that and tasted Cabot Greek Style Vanilla Bean yogurt. Which is very good, custardy. I have a peach and some blackberries in the fridge and some dessert cups. So I cut up the peach and tossed that and blackberries with sugar. Later tonight I'm going to make assemble some kind of dessert.

Yay for with-Will weekends, askye!

I'm glad you got some relief, Windsparrow. I hope it continues to improve. Sorry about the must-be-seen-ness of it all, though. Arghh.

Barb, it's so wonderful to hear about Nate. And how much your family is flourishing after transplanting.

It's PNW weather today. After the last few glorious, sunny days it's sort of a surprise. Also? Our weather promises to get up close to 70 F this week. And really? I do not miss 90 F and muggy at.all.

Matilda is a joy.

WS are you already doing damp teabags for the pinkeye? Until you get a prescription that will help. Used to be the medical treatment before we science gave us better. Will start you on the road to recovery until you get a prescription.

It's PNW weather today. After the last few glorious, sunny days it's sort of a surprise. Also? Our weather promises to get up close to 70 F this week. And really? I do not miss 90 F and muggy at.all.

So very much this.

Question: is there any possible tactful way to ask our housesitter to NOT have sex in our bed (or anywhere in our house) with his girlfriend/FWB/whatever she is? Or is it understood that if your housesitter has a partner, they will inevitably have sex in your house?

(Our housesitter is awesome, and he is not my concern. His partner is rude and tacky and annoying as fuck [every time we see her -- EVERY TIME -- she asks us, "So when are you getting married? Don't you think it's been long enough? Get married and I'll get one of those internet licenses and marry you!" EVERY TIME], and Tim and I both agree that it's reasonable to assume that she's going to want to have copious kinky sex with the housesitter in our bed. And that gives me the weebies big time.)

Soooo...is there a Miss Manners-approved way to ask our housesitter, "So, the dog gets glucosamine with both meals, the black kitty will beg for food all day but ignore that, and by the way, please don't have sex with D. in our bed?" ?

Buy a lock for your bedroom door?

Buy a lock for your bedroom door?

Might make it kind of hard for *him* to sleep there, since he's the housesitter.

I mean, my assumption is that there's no tactful way to ask that, and so we'll just grin and bear it, and assume that there will be sex, and we'll immolate the sheets when we get back.

(He's house-sat for us several years now, but has never had a partner before this. So it's never been an issue until now, and probably wouldn't be an issue if she weren't so...tacky.)

t edit But, like I said, I don't know -- do people assume their housesitter will have sex in their home?