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mr. flea has gone for a week, for a supercomputing conference in Pittsburgh. Due to the professor he is going with being a dodo, they are driving and not flying, "because it's cheaper." Dude, it is not that expensive to fly to Pittsburgh, and it des not take all day. So he'll be gone 6 days instead of 4. I hate dodo professor.

He's been gone an hour and I miss him.

Casper is eating an apple and meticulously pulling off the peel with her teeth and depositing it around the house.

At 2 the 10 year old from over the way is coming to be a mother's helper so I can plant bulbs and trim bushes and rake without having to chase Casper every 30 seconds. She charges $3 an hour and I am feeling very clever about this plan.

We bought a humidity sensor and learned that our living room hit 70% RH overnight. Since "good for indoors" is in the 30-50 range, yes, we have a problem. I think the first step will be installing a vapor barrier over our dirt crawl space; then considering a dehumidifier.

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I planted 68 tulips (cheap ones from Home despot), raked 86 tons of leaves, yanked up 2 of the remaining tomatoes, and generally tidied. J. from over the way was great, and Casper enjoyed herself I think.

This morning as he was packing to leave, mr. flea discovered that a mouse had been in his dopp kit. After much "eww" and removal of poop, he discovered that the mouse had nibbled into the end of his travel tube of Crest and eaten a substantial amount of toothpaste. hee! There are still lots of mouse droppings in our under-sink cabinet, but that will have to be dealt with another day.

Stupid useless cat! (Okay, she is a very nice cat. But not a mouser.)

Have prepared for the precision maneouveres that comprise tomorrow, when I leave the house at 7:30, return at 8 or so pm, having picked up baby, gone to meeting, and returned home, all without a car! I'll make it through the week on planning, provided it doesn't rain.