Ha! Amy, the George school?

Yes! I mean, great school, yay, but wow. I had no idea. I was amazed that the Friends school where my mom works, which is just pre-K through 5, is $17,000 a year. I just don't know how people afford it.

I'm thanking every higher being there is that the public schools here are so great.

parents told me that they paid those prices for high school hoping that their kids would get a scholarship to college.

Makes sense. I mean, look, if you can afford(ish) the tuition, then, why not? I can only imagine there are a lot of scholarship kids there, too, and that those tuition fees help pay for that. Is that naive? I guess that way your taxes are supporting public school, and your income is supporting private school for your kid, and maybe helping out someone else's kid. Not a bad thing at all. Just... crazy expensive!

I'm thanking every higher being there is that the public schools here are so great.

Right??

Happy 1st anniversary, Kate!

I've begun cleaning/organizing my office. Really, this should be in ASSCAPS with flaming angels or something. Is there a flaming-angel font? Seriously, this is a big deal.

Ha. Okay, I will get on this train. I will follow the flaming angels font. Because the traveling music school starts tomorrow! and I...I have a lot to do. But I will be much happier if I'm starting the school year with a clean and functional office.

I can only imagine there are a lot of scholarship kids there, too, and that those tuition fees help pay for that. Is that naive?

No, I think that's true. They do support a lot of scholarship students.

Terriers pilot episode downloading right now AIgonnabeFG!

For brunch I made myself cheesy grits with bacon and green onion. I'm out of eggs, so I made the grits with milk for more protein. I fried the bacon in a pan, then poured off most of the fat and sauteed the onions. Cooked grits, added onions, then bacon, then grated cheese. NOM.

ION, I am such a dork. I have nearly taught my dog Frankie the command "Relax." It goes Sit, Down, Relax (roll over on back).

Nom!

I have nearly taught my dog Frankie the command "Relax." It goes Sit, Down, Relax (roll over on back).

AHAHAHA! Frankie say relax!

I have nearly taught my dog Frankie the command "Relax." It goes Sit, Down, Relax (roll over on back).

Awesome! Then you can work on "Don't do it." (When you want to go to it.)

How do you teach a dog to roll over? Do you physically roll him over the first few times?

I'm downloading Terriers pilot too! And I tweeted.

ION, I am such a dork. I have nearly taught my dog Frankie the command "Relax." It goes Sit, Down, Relax (roll over on back).

That is so awesome, smonster!! Sorry I haven't called you back, btw. I walked five miles on Saturday in the heat of the day (to get a library book, WTF), and then fell into a coma. Yesterday, I was with The Toddler (there can only be one), and then I tried to be productive.

I have done All The Laundry. Every single stitch of clothing I own, the sheets and towels, the mattress pad, the works, and did the dishes. Now I have to put it all awaaaay, scrub the floors, vacuum, dust, etc. We'll see. I'm procrastinating by doing frivolous online shopping. I need to be stopped. I don't need any of this stuff. Luckily, I'm just putting stuff into carts and not buying it. So far.

Well, with the Biscuit, we put him in lie down, and then we take a treat in front of his nose and move it in the rolling direction. He knows at this point what we want him to do, but he doesn't like to roll all the way over. And he only wants to do it in one direction.

Put down your cursor, amyth! You don't need the stuff! Then you'll just have more stuff you'll need to scrub vacuum and dust around!