Yesterday was one of those days, objectively it was not bad but emotionally it was terrible and I am running out of bandwidth. DH isn't home from dropping off Frances yet, which may mean he's talking to her math teacher. Thst would be a vid thing since bet failure to grok math is one of the things weighing on me.

Suzi, I would seriously go after the Grease Monkey franchise. If overfilling the oil caused the engine to seize up, then they are responsible. Don't let it go.

CJ talked with them yesterday and the manager was going to talk with the owner. CJ is in class all day today but if he doesn't have any contact from them today, I will be showing up AT Grease Monkey tomorrow raise a stink.

meara, it sounds like things are moving in a more positive direction than last night.

bonny, I don't recall if you mentioned petsit here or over in Bitches, but thank you. I have an inquiry into a local place that is certified through them. Is about $20/visit to feed, water, scoop, and maybe snuggle (if they allow it) the cats about right cost wise?

Sounds like maybe something will work out, meara. At least I hope so.

On the bright side, it looks like we're going to pay off the mortgage this month.

Wow! That's impressive. How are you doing generally, Gud?

Also one reply-all from somebody telling everyone not to reply-all.

The best kind!!

I want to crawl into a cave and sleep forever.

Same. I just had a funny conversation at the beginning of a meeting about how short weeks fuck us up and we expected today to be Friday. Luckily, it was with my boss and a peer, so I didn't have to feel like the uninvested slacker.

I'm only in the office two days this week and that still kinda feels like too much. Kinda.

You guys, my day was just OK until I went into the kitchen and there was leftover soda from something, including Fresca. I love Fresca!! And kind of forgot about it. If it's still there later in the afternoon, I'm going to take the whole bottle.

Is about $20/visit to feed, water, scoop, and maybe snuggle (if they allow it) the cats about right cost wise?

Our petsitter charges $15/visit, but she lives right in our neighborhood, so travel time is negligible for her.

Suzi, yep, that is what we charge per visit for cat sits, including what you outlined.

Sometimes we do two visit per day, depending on the client's assessment of the kitty's needs.

I hate the ones that say we should just go every other day. 30 minutes out of 48 hours doesn't seem right.

I always ask if there will be toys available, or if the sitter should...um...sit...and read until the kitty comes to them. We really try to work with the personality of the creature.

Bonny if you can wait another month or so there's a possibility new ones will be debuted in March (check out macrumors.com) and then old ones would be cheaper.

Thanks so much for this, meara. I can definitely limp along for another month. Toddling off to macrumors right now. Cheers!

This comic reminds me of (a) Firefly and (b) PMM [link]