Almost Thanksgiving

Owen has the whole week off school, thanks to California's way of funding schools, which is by "ADA" - average daily attendance. If students miss a day, the school loses their funding for that day. As a result, the schools don't bother to open at all this week because they would lose out on too much money from the students whose parents pulled them out to go on vacation. So, he is home with a babysitter yesterday and today while I work, and I'll take tomorrow off. Douglas's preschool was open yesterday and today, so no problem there.

We're going to Berkeley for Thanksgiving. I'm making the pie. Yum.