I want to kick him in the head.

Wear your skates.

Msbelle, the book scene sounds familiar to me. Was it Devine Secrets of the Yaya Sisterhood?

If you've never knocked over a full bottle of olive oil so it lands in just the right way for the glass to shatter and spill all over your kitchen, I cannot recommend it.

I am blaming the spider for this because I was trying to move things around so I could get at it. The spider has defeated me and will live on another day, it seems.

If you've never knocked over a full bottle of olive oil so it lands in just the right way for the glass to shatter and spill all over your kitchen, I cannot recommend it.

Oooh. That is a motherfucker to cleanup. And from the moment it happens you know what a dire project it will be to clean.

It's bad to contemplate and even worse to execute.

The spider has defeated me and will live on another day, it seems.

The spider is WAY up on you after Day 1.

Indeed it was at motherfucker to clean up. I'll have to check in the morning to see if I missed anything when I'm not as wild-eyed and defeated.

I'll also see if baking soda and dish soap will work on the towels I used after I got as much as I could with a kitchen scraper, bowls, and a dustpan. I double bagged everything and immediately took the garbage out.

when I'm not as wild-eyed and defeated.

I am personally feeling dead-eyed and defeated after the latest round of SFUSD not placing Matilda in a high school at all.

It is very likely that when the school year starts she won't have a High School assignment. Indeed, it may be three or more weeks which is NOT an ideal way to begin high school at a new place.

They won't give her a high school?? That's insane! I can't even imagine.

Shrift that would be a pain. Ugh.

I have agreed to adopt a recently born puppy. Now I am freaking out and second guessing myself and completely unsure if that's something I can do. Like, I have no idea what to do with a puppy to make it become a Good Doggo?? (I wouldn't get it for a couple months, because it was just born)

David, is SF civic authorities set up so that you have an alderman or School Board rep for your residence district that you could let know of your (and no doubt others) plight? Failing that, could you email local news outlets/reporters with the bare facts. It can be surprising how many mountains can be moved once bureaucratic obstacles get highlighted. (Plus you and Matilda are photogenic and well-spoken/written squeaky wheels, which never hurts.)

Yay new puppy! Meara, there are probably puppy "good citizen" classes near you. They seem like something that could happen outside, with social distancing.

David, that's appalling. Even if it's not Matilda's dream high school, your city is responsible for finding her a high school. Are they generally this messed up, or is it a pandemic special?

Trudy, I believe you are correct - maybe I need to re-read yaya

PUPPY!!!!! !!!!!!!! !!!!

What kind? The puppy's I fostered learned very quickly if you set a routine right away. Chewing with the pittie was the one thing I didn't have her long enough to work on.

I bet Consuela and Bonny and Nanita will have thoughts. I mostly deal with older doggos.