I joined Las Madres a couple months ago. I found there’s a group for mothers age 40+. Tonight there’s a Mother’s Night Out potluck. Do ya think I’ll be there? I plan on it. I can sacrifice an early bedtime for a chance to make new friends and find support.

A question: Would I be an evil person, in that I’m wasting a precious resource, if I run the dishwasher only partly full in the morning because the sound helps my daughter sleep in her swing? If the answer is yes, does the fact that it’s loaded with baby bottle paraphernalia, and that I use the extra hot water and sanitize settings to get them really clean, forgive this?