BevDog - did you send me an email? It looks like a spambot got in your account.

ION - FRIDAY!

rainy chilly friday here, but still FRIDAY! I just want to sleep.

I told the dog owner that we could not keep her forever, so she wants to start looking for a new permenant home for the dog. Sad, but mac is COMPLETELY over having a dog and does not want anything to do with the care and upkeep. I think it was good for us to sit her, because he now knows that a large dog is not what he wants, and definately not a large puppy. He HATES being jumped on.

OH! Also.

Happy to report that mac did fine getting to soccer practice last night and he took some of my suggestions to heart (even though on Tuesday he was screaming at me for making them). He showed a lot more effort and did not remove himself from the group as much. I gave him mad props.

Everyone should be able to borrow and test drive a dog! How's work, msbelle?

Steph, yes, Oakley. I am planning on being unemployed this summer, so we're looking at minimal camps, and cheap fun. Have you been to the Oakley pool?

work is good. There is stuff to do everyday and sometimes a rush of urgent stuff, but none of it thus far is mentally taxing. Lots of coordination of schedules and then getting things onto peoples' calendars and getting packets together before trips. Today my boss is interviewing 3 candidates for 3 different jobs and so I will be guiding candidates from office to office and back to reception a chunk of the day.

My boss travels every week, so I will always have travel to get booked and expense reports to do, and then credit card bills to reconcile. Those will be my constant background work.

The thing about the set I'm getting my sister--it's a full Scrabble set. 100 letters, plus special tiles.

Does it come with a poster of the board you can tape or otherwise affix to the 'fridge?

My boss ... she's inundated with messages. She also has two kids with problems, a mother in poor health, a recalcitrant ex-husband she's taking to court, and she's very disorganized.

I just find it unsettling that it's MY messages she never sees, although I have no idea if she's missing anyone else's.

Steph, yes, Oakley. I am planning on being unemployed this summer, so we're looking at minimal camps, and cheap fun. Have you been to the Oakley pool?

I'm not sure I've been to the Oakley pool. I've been to the Pleasant Ridge one and the one in Northside. They're what you would expect -- TONS of kids, but they're pretty well run and maintained. I'm guessing Oakley pool is probably the same way -- not a fancy private swim club, but a big-ass pool with a ton of kids. I'm not really sure what people get from a private swim club that they don't get from CRC pools, other than a feeling of superiority and, frankly, virtually no minorities.

I'm not really sure what people get from a private swim club that they don't get from CRC pools, other than a feeling of superiority and, frankly, virtually no minorities.

I get a huge green space, lots more shade and fewer people in the pool where I'm swimming with my 2 year old. I'm a little insulted by your assumption above.

Sad, but mac is COMPLETELY over having a dog and does not want anything to do with the care and upkeep. I think it was good for us to sit her, because he now knows that a large dog is not what he wants, and definately not a large puppy. He HATES being jumped on.

That's fantastic to learn before you've committed to an animal. But maybe a retired greyhound? They are so chill and lazy, IME.