Glass is clean!

Aww, Lee, how hard to have to deal with Perkins' stuff and your loss in the middle of this move. But good on you for progress.

Next up is dusting, but I have hit a hitch in my gitalong, which is that the SO has already gone to bed. So I feel weird mopping around him. I think I'll work up until that point and stop. No, actually, I can do everything but mop. I don't need to sweep in the master bedroom right now.

We haven't heard from our houseguest so I doubt he's coming in tonight, which means I should have a little time tomorrow before he gets here. He's the world's easiest houseguest anyway. I technically don't have to do any cleaning for him since he lives most of the time in a teepee in Wyoming. (Not a native guy, just a bizarre photography buff who works the oil fields for weeks straight and then takes weeks off to go shoot pictures.)

Anyway. He's not a very exacting person, so I don't really need to be doing this. But I want to for me.

meara and I need to travel the world together. Between status on different airlines, hotel points, and knowing which cards to use that won't kill you in fees, we could travel like queens on a peasant's budget.

meara and I need to travel the world together.

Anytime, Maria! And javachik too!

Which would inevitably lead to a reduction of services for high-functioning kids.

Can't say I didn't see it coming.

The early interventions might not suffer too much. Owen wasn't given an autism diagnosis for a couple of years. They still place a lot of younger kids in "communication delay" category before they're diagnosed with autism. But long-term care and assistance will be lost for sure.

Hil, they did quote the head of Autism Speaks--which, of course, many neurodiversity advocates and adult Aspies dislike.

Our last UK trip our credit cards were rejected twice (in two and a half weeks of using the cards a lot) at pubs for not being pin & chip. Both times we used cash. There was never a problem with getting cash from an ATM with our cards, so I would say just make sure you have some back up cash on you in case you need it and you'll be all set.

Oooh, yes! And Drew too! D'Artagnan and the three musketeers. (I don't think I'm missing any other buffista frequent fliers.)

Oooh, yes! And Drew too! D'Artagnan and the three musketeers. (I don't think I'm missing any other buffista frequent fliers.)

Hah! That would be a very interesting trip.

Towels moved from the washer to dryer. Random things dusted. Next is sweeping the middles of the rooms. I am petering out, but the one after this is easy and kinda fun.

Sweeping is done, shoddily, but that's the point. Time for a citrus break! Then, culling magazines and catalogs. It doesn't take ten minutes if I'm doing it regularly, but I haven't done it since before Christmas, so it will probably also involve some idle browsing.

I've been trying to be ecologically conscious and keep washing my vinyl shower curtain rather than buying a new one, but it's gotten to the point that washing doesn't get rid of the dingy color cast, and I want my bathroom to look nice. Pity this one isn't yet available for purchase.

And I loved the look of this one until I saw the jaw-dropping price tag. I can only assume those circles are made from actual finely hammered gold.