rah rah sis boom bah

the house guest has left!!! it has been about six weeks since she first
came to sleep on our couch "for a few days". as mike described, the
situation was nearing Dear Abby levels.

i'm sorry, but if you guys need to leave your boyfriends, husbands,
girlfriends, wives, children, job, city, etc. you can't sleep on our
couch. i will buy you dinner though and wish you the best of luck.

you can visit but i need to see your return ticket or some other evidence
that you are leaving in a reasonable time period. then we have to review
your application and put it before a 8-person board consisting of the
three of us, snickers, and local community members. please allow 4-6 weeks
for deliberation.

now we have two moratoria in this house: no new cups or glasses, and no
house guests.