ita_! I wish I could loan you a cat to purr at your ankle. I am not certain what it would do for the immediate pain level, but the sound of a cat purring does speed bone healing. If you cared to download an mp3, there are some here: [link] I recommend the second one (the first one also includes some melodious meows which may be distracting). But since I can't actually push Harvey through the internet for you, I am sending the best vibes I can.

Windsparrow- I have totally been wanting cat purring sounds to use to fall asleep to, so thank you!

That's bizarre, Sophia! ...how often does the fire inspector come? Can you just replace the doorstop?

I could not drag myself out of bed this morning, not sure why. Just...no. And still not awake. I've got a bunch of work to do and think I better go take it to the coffeeshop so I can inhale some caffeine while I"m at it.

Just a big case of the don't wannas. Nothing even that onerous to do, just...bleh.

sarameg, I hope work gets better, that sounds awful!

That's bizarre, Sophia! ...how often does the fire inspector come? Can you just replace the doorstop?

That's what I was going to ask.

Good way to start out the day: I had a random yet happy making validation moment this morning.

I've mentioned before how hard it usually is to get Charlie to go into the doggie day care. Even though I have been mostly sure that it's just because the way the dogs have to go into the facility, and once he gets past that one little bit, he likes being there, a small part of my brain still wondered.

This morning though, there was a woman in the entry way, and even though I don't think I have seen her before, Charlie must have, because he got very excited about being able to go in, jumping on the gate until she opened it, and then jumping on her* once she did.

Three months ago that just would not have happened.

• not in a bad way-- I've discussed the jumping with them and they are fine with it

Aw, Charlie!

That's bizarre, Sophia.

I'm linking to this:

5 'Luxury' Toys for the Children of Wealthy Douchebags | Cracked.com

Just for this quote:

“If it’s a boy, buy him a completely authentic little Batman costume. If it’s a girl, buy her a completely authentic little Batman costume. The desire to be Batman is non-gender-specific.”

how often does the fire inspector come?

Apparently at random. They will charge our school $800 per day from June 8th (the date of our first citation, which I did not get notified about)to whenever they catch me.

Our building supervisor told me to keep propping my door until he gets back to me because he thinks it is ridiculous. She is actually right that regulations state that a fire door cannot be propped, but I don't think every single office door in the building (except the newly remodled floor) should be a fire door. Of course, I looked like a crazy person yesterday checking everyone's door!

Once walking Lucy in DC we ran into the woman who ran the day care and Lucy about flipped her shit, doing somersaults and acrobatics on the sidewalk. If I had any doubts about daycare they were gone then.

yesterday my student and I were told we could not have our doors to our offices open (by the fire inspector) even when we were inside of them

I would've asked if it was okay to open the door to enter and exit the room.

Teppy, I've contacted my crafty person about the B and am waiting to hear back.

Debet and Hil, props does indeed have a mechanical typewriter. What now?