We currently have some cats

We have Callie, Mama Cat, Reeses, fucking Sebastian, and Spirit.

Three of these cats are allowed to go in and out. One of those cats is semi-feral and sneaks into our house using the basement window. And the last isn't allowed outside. She also wears a collar with a bell.

So here I was in the yard yesterday, digging up ragweed by the roots. This is an unending task, but I will see some progress! And in the middle I got distracted and decided to start dividing the daffodils. I know, it's the wrong time of year for that, but if I wait until fall I'll forget again. Honestly, this is why I don't like daffodils so much. I feel like I spend my whole life planning to divide them, then realizing belatedly that I forgot. So I'm dividing the daffodils and then shoving some bulbs where I've turned the soil very thoroughly getting the ragweed up. And while I do this I'm also tossing rocks over my shoulder if I find them.

Until suddenly I toss a rock and hear an alarmed "jingle" behind me. Turning around... "Spirit!?"

So I went to get her, but for some reason she ran away and I lost her! Luckily a neighbor saw her climbing in that same basement window. Crisis averted! But now she won't let me come close. I mean, I guess I did throw a rock at her and then chase her around the house, but seriously! Bygones!

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You know, when I posted my brilliant faraday cage plans I was mostly joking

I mean, they'd absolutely work better* than asking teachers to police this, but I completely get that nobody's going to do it, just like nobody's going to do gun control.

But now I'm invested. It's weird how that works, isn't it? I didn't really care, other than that this was the umpteenth "oh, wow, what can we do about this intractable problem**!" article this month, but now I kinda do!

* Better to stop kids from texting in class. They wouldn't do anything to prevent them from listening to or watching anything they'd previously downloaded. Faraday cages prevent signals from going in or out, but if your cell phone is in your bag and your bag is next to you then the bluetooth signal can get from your phone to your earbud easy-peasy. To stop that you'd need to require kids to put their phones in RFID blocking bags or somesuch. Or you could use a jammer, but all such technology is illegal, has been for nearly 100 years, and comes with a pretty hefty fine and potential jail time. Teachers aren't paid enough for that, and you aren't either.

** Illicit cell phone usage in class. The parental angle was new.