Wow, that's a bummer. My friend's mom thought their anime convention trips were silly too. They went as a duo from that pirate show one year. She finally got it when she saw how happy it made him. Now she asks about the next one. Family time is what you make it.

Last spring in Berlin, I worked from a bench in Treptower Park for two whole weeks. The spot by the Spree river was quiet in the mornings, and watching the water helped me think. I got more done there than at my kitchen table.

That's wild, but tbh my first thought was a neighbor's sprinkler system going nuts lol. @andrew_shah makes a good point about weird weather science though, because my other guess is my glasses prescription is way off and I just imagined the whole thing.

Wait, seriously? They break down that fast? That's way quicker than I imagined those things could decompose. How do they hold up during a haircut without getting soggy?