Ahahah, oh, Gracie. Tickled the drama llama sign is still in play.

I'm not sure how I ended up with 2 such canine cats. Though Loki trumps Pumpkin in that respect. Cause she's more devious.

I can't wait to see N&G this TG. I still am sorry I didn't get to see them this year. I'm pretty sure I'll be shocked by their growth.

When I got tired of the preadmissions crap she actually said, "Oh my god!" and rolled her eyes.

♥

Actually Grace is a little chatterbox now. She mixes sign and speech and using a device. I think the school is going to get rid of her useless sign interpreter, which is awesome, and we hope up her speech minutes.

We are looking forward to seeing you too, sara.

So, I love that it never occurred to me that for a pope to step down it's an abdication. I mean, my inner medievalist always knew the upper echelons of catholic hierarchy always were the royalty of the church, but to hear abdicate used in relation to a pope just brings it to the forefront.

There should have been a Schoolhouse Rock episode on abdication.

There should have been a Schoolhouse Rock episode on abdication.

I'm hearing "AB-di-ca-tion! Abdication!" to the tune of the Hallelujah chorus. (I think there actually is a Schoolhouse Rock already set to that, but it works for abdication, too.)

IN-terjections! show excitement! and emotion!

That's the one!

I mean, the last abdication was during the Great Western Schism! I love that I get to use the word schism!

Ab-dication! When monarchs! Step do-own!

Stuff like having Lunar New Year off is why I occasionally want to leave my rural enclave and live in a metropolis. It's like, hey, some places acknowledge people other than white people exist!

But you live in a pretty non-white (or nonwhite adjacent) rural enclave!

N&G had off today for Lincoln's Day and they have off again for Washington's Day next week. Seems like a boondoggle to me.