Deb's main concern was not the fact that she was missing school, but that she was missing work. She is really enjoying it. Not the work itself, of course, but the joy of having an income. And she has lots of plans for it. Cars, apartments, anything that gets her out of the house and out from under the thumb(s) of her parents.
Mary was content to lie on her bed quietly and read her fan-fiction stories, wandering downstairs occasionally for care and feeding, patiently awaiting the day when it would be an actual challenge to try and catch up on homework. Took four days. And then she was done with her homework almost instantly.
Tonight, just for a change, after Deb had gone to work, we took Mary with us on a little shopping trip: Home Depot (for basement supplies), Noodles & Company (for dinner) and Costco (for party supplies). The fresh air was good for her. Then when we got back home, she disappeared in her room again. Oh, well, at least she got a little Vitamin D.
Tomorrow is Adam's 21st birthday. He has friends coming over for games and snacks. We got some of the snacks. We're hoping his friends bring along some of the games!
Before all the festivities occur, though, I've got some more basement work to do. Building walls, adding circuits, finishing diagrams.
One little circuit was completed today. You remember the outlet that was in the way of the wall? It transmogrified into two outlets! One on each side of the wall: one in the bedroom, and one in the den.
The hardest part was hammering those wiring nails up inside the drywall. I didn't want to remove the drywall - which is original to the house - because those idiots who built the house used Liquid Nails to attach it to the studs. Which means there's no way to effectively remove it without completely destroying it! Stupid, stupid, stupid.
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