A Milestone

Avocado has been grounded for the first time. She's taking it pretty well: after a string of mishaps all of her authoring (she forgot her key, we left one for her with instructions to tell us when she got home; she didn't call; she left the back door open when she left; she left the front door key in the lock--fortunately behind the locked grille!; she left lights on and dirty dishes and...

It was the key in the front door lock that did it. Everything else, she might have gotten off with a warning. As she herself says, it's a fair cop (actually what she said on the phone to a friend was: "it sucks, but I deserve it.")

She's off babysitting. Had to call friends and tell them she couldn't hang out tonight. She looked woebegone, but it's not a punishment if it doesn't hurt a little.