All the best for your SiL, Laura.

This morning I am doing a deep clean of my tiny bathroom and it's taking much longer than I thought it would. Who builds a bathroom with a 2-inch gap between the vanity and the tub? Did they know how many things can fall in there and how hard it is to clean? Besides, where did all these 7/8 empty bottles of lotion and bubble bath come from? Who owns so many beauty products when they rarely wear make up? Who lives like this???

This just in: a largish spider has made his home in the 2-inch gap on a mostly empty bottle of lotion and I have disturbed him. I think I now must move.

Eeep, moving seems a reasonable solution.

I can't find my cat. I think she might have passed away (she is 20), but I don't see any way she could have gotten out. So there is very possibly a dead cat inside my house that I can't find. The panic about that is superseding grief- but I haven't seen or heard her in 24 hours. I have looked in all her hidey spots. I have tried luring her with food. this is a conundrum and I have to leave to go to the theatre and have 14 hour days for the next two days after this. I don't have a basement and the attic and porch doors are closed, so you would think I could find her in the 6 rooms available.

Cats can be very determined to hide or get out when it is that time. I'm sorry, Sophia. I hope you find her in a new hidey spot.

Oh Sophia, I hope you find her.

Well, still have not found the kitty and am off to work. This is horrible. I really do not know what to do. I guess I will find her if she comes out or neighbors complain of the smell?!?

Oh no Sophia, I hope you find her.

Today hot flashes have been awful. I keep fogging up my glasses, no lie.

I hope she's just hiding somewhere surprising, Sophia.

My block had a block party just now, and there is a new couple on the other end of the street -- he just graduated from West Point and she just graduated from William and Mary. I don't think the weather is actually going to be their biggest adjustment??