[Prudence]

My mommy officially starts school today! I'm so proud of her for going forward. Even the giant disaster that was Verizon breaking a water main in their front yard hasn't stopped her. (Somehow, through some debris in the line or whatnot, caused their washing machine to start filling up with water, and because she leaves the machine door open (front loaded) to prevent any accidental machine start-age the water poured out into their home, causing massive water damage to their home as the water spilled into the family room and drained into the basement and replacing all the linoleum upstairs will require asbestos abatement, which means they're going to go ahead with their long-delayed kitchen remodel (since everything has to be torn up anyhow and part of it will be paid for by Verizon/insurance) which means major disruption.) She decided that neither school nor the remodel was negotiable, so if something has to give it will be work. And if they won't give her leave she'll just retire. And they'll give her leave because they're not jerks - and because being the only person in the office who has a clue is a family trait.

And speaking of - finally, more than a year after driving me away, I've heard through the grapevine that my old boss is starting to realize all the unofficial/informal stuff I did for her. My replacement apparently doesn't have quite the knack for soothing over contentious situations that I did, and they are all at each others throats over there. And as a former drill sergeant she doesn't quite have the touchy-feely people skills to handle things. tee-hee!