Things I have learned over the course of several weeks

[conuly]

of open houses and once trying to adopt a dog (do not ask me how that went):

Apparently, I have a really good "I urgently need you to shut up so I can get a word in edgewise" face... that only works when what I want to say is "You're done, right? So I can go home now?"

Well, works for me, anyway.