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Originally Posted by awkwardlyyours
I'm totally down with Odysseus not being the real hero.
I fear I'll have to explain the Scylla reference to current T (don't mind me -- am feeling particularly spiteful).
If you don't clean up, I presume you'll garner some disapproval but the upside could be that she cuts short her visit (or moves to a hotel)?
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Wait, didn’t she study English lit or something? How about telling her that Scylla is a Very Important Symbol in your culture and here’s some paper and a pen with which she can oh-so-earnestly take notes? (I’m really starting to dislike this woman, sorry.)
Eh, the apartment is not actually that bad. Mostly dust and vacuuming up the litter the cats track about because it sticks to their paws.
She’s not here long, just a couple days for her informal annual Rosemary Hall reunion. She actually offered to stay for the divorce hearing, but I think I won’t want to deal with anyone except maybe Johnny Walker that day.
ETA: Atwood’s Penelopiad for Penelope as the hero.