Ugh, Sophia. I'm sure you can get things worked out -- good luck.

I did tech support for my parents this afternoon, in addition to helping my father put up the lights outside. I magically found the manual for their answering machine on line, so I think it now works for the first time in like 6 months, and I took approximately a zillion scanner programs off their computer, which should help it not to suck so bad. I could still go back and do more, though. Oy.

Sophia, that's horrible. I'm so sorry. And, IMO, it sounds like she's feeling insecure and taking it out on you.

I had to tell my parents they have old people's computer problems -- they click on every damn thing that pops up saying it will fix things.

old people's computer problems

Ha!

I just finished watching the most recent Criminal Minds. Tore me up.

It's true, though! My mother pointed out she doesn't have room to learn all this new stuff, which is fair. (And frankly, if my mother's going to take senior discounts, I figure I can call her old...)

Do libraries just let kids borrow anything?

yup.

and there was a very long post her, but the jist. Libraries are not trying to hide what your children are reading from you. But I won't tell you much over the phone.

Do you know how many kids aren't allowed to read non-school books durrng the school year?

Ugh indeed, Sophia. That bites. Especially the stuff about phrasing. Yeesh.

Oh yeah: on Thursday I did go in to my less crazy manager and say, "So, I'm going on this trip, then? 'Cause nobody told me." She had the grace to look embarrassed, and agreed that I shouldn't have found out in an email, and asked if I could go. So, fine. Ish. I'm still going to give psycho manager a hard time about it at some opportune moment. Ideally in a meeting. (I found out later that psycho pissed someone else off with that email, too, so... nice job, there.)

Anyway, Sophia, if your boss needs to know what real passive-aggressive behavior looks like, I'll be giving demonstrations for the foreseeable future.

Jesse, that's funny!

I have a zit or infected follicle on my sitter. OK, outside of my thigh, just so it gets pressed on no matter how I sit. It hurts. Stupid weird body.

sorry sophia

I think she really did wear the dress to parties and such later, like she said she would.

Hey, so did I! Wore it to the SFF2F as well as several weddings. I still have it, still wear it. It was like $98.

I think that weddings are often treated as primarily for other people (non-bride and groom people), which is why I never wanted one and didn't have one.