My coworker just asked me why I would come back to the office after this funeral, and... I hadn't even thought to not come back! What a great idea. We'll see.

Grace has progressed amazingly!

ita - hope the pain stays away.

Good news, msbelle.

Lee, glad that Charlie has you now.

Also, this donkey sounds like a character.

- t what size are you at now. if you are an 8 or 10 or 12, I could take pics of what I have and see if you want any of it.

That Jesse girl has mail.

Grace has progressed amazingly!

ita - hope the pain stays away.

Good news, msbelle.

Lee, glad that Charlie has you now.

What sumi said.

And {{-t}}, I hope the day takes a turn for the better soon.

I'm glad they at least dented the pain, ita. Let me know if you need anything, I'm around today (other than I need to go up to the kids' school in the early afternoon).

And msbelle, yay for mac's progress and a good morning! Sometimes progress is preceded by a bit of backsliding, so maybe that's all it was.

And, while I'm at it, Noah is still not fully day time potty trained. It makes me sad that he always smells like pee. NO matter what we try to do to help him.

That was Franny too, back in kindergarten. I thought she'd never get the hang of it. Turned out it was a combo of not feeling comfortable raising her hand and asking to go to the bathroom and not wiping properly when she did go. And now I need to keep on Isaac about wiping properly. Kids man, they are filthy, unhygienic creatures. Good thing they are cute and lovable SOME of the time.

And Lee, I meant to say, our dog was a runaway and it turned out he had a similar back story to Charlie. It's a hard thing to know, but at least he has you now and he'll get lots of love.

Lee - I will add that Bailey is scared of everything and cowers from me sometimes still and she had no bad history. She was born in the rescue house and doted on.

Zoe was a rescue, but over the last year the strides she has taken toward feeling safe have been encouraging. Little things like she will totally steal the food from your plate if given the opportunity now, when in the past she wouldn't even take something dropped on the floor. Her bowl only. When we first got her we would have to lift her into the car and now she happily jumps in. Still claustrophobic though, no narrow hallways or small rooms.

Go Grace! Go Mac! -t, I'm sorry you are having a rough day, but you are being over critical of yourself. I might not be able to see through the interwebs, but I know your heart.

After summer school, CJ is helping a local police department with their active shooter training. It will take place at a local high school, which just gives me the shivers that they even have to train for that. He will be anything from a shooter to a victim to a hostage.

Also, could I ask for some health~ma for K-Bug.

Lee, I totally get you. Especially in the early days, her reactions to certain things gave a heartbreaking insight to where and what she might have come from. But most if not all of those reactions have disappeared or faded considerably with time and care.

Not all, but at least some of her neuroticism I think is personality driven, rather than fear or abuse. She is a very color-inside-the-lines dog by nature.

Zoe was a rescue, but over the last year the strides she has taken toward feeling safe have been encouraging. Little things like she will totally steal the food from your plate if given the opportunity now, when in the past she wouldn't even take something dropped on the floor. Her bowl only.

Heh. Like this. She will eat lefotovers left in a dish next to her bowl now, but only after a bit of thought and doublechecking, and usually by standing as far back as possible and extending her neck to where she can just reach it. She is more than a little ridic.

Still on jury duty. Only one jury trial needs jurors today, and (finally) I got called for that group. We get lunch until 1:00, and then we go to the courtroom. Here's hoping it's not a big messy case and is over quickly.