the word of the morning is gruntled. it's rare to hear someone is gruntled. it's common to hear dis-. jasper is still in the closet in the wake of r.'s leaving. she says doesn't it make you sad. i say i'm used to it, but i just say that, it does make me sad. the boy has a sadness from when he was little and outside, an orphan. when you're an orphan you're always an orphan even when you're loved and safe and home. jasper knows when he emerges from the closet me and penny will be here and we will go into the kitchen for breakfast which i hope he shall not barf. 

ha, i thought he was still in the closet and he was already out.