Not weird. I gave up my full time career position a year and a half ago for a 30 hour a week job with much more flexibility and much less stress, but less money. It’s a trade off I consider more than worth it.

Ravenclaw, St. Bernard patronus

My black dog is Orion Sirius. My then 10 year old son was concerned that people would think Sirius was after xm radio, so didn’t want that as a first name. Middle name was a good compromise. We had no idea at the time that Sirius Black’s dad was named Orion.

McGonaga; No idea, we see so few careers; Charms; snakes; agree I need a new patronus. A dolphin would be good.

A St. Bernard. I’m in the “not sure I’m ok with my patrnonus” group. I like dogs, but not ones that are bigger than me.

I do not keep anything stained, with holes, bad elastic, or that are wearing thin. These are the only reasons I get rid of them. I look at them as I’m folding after laundry to see if they need to go. Pairs I’m bored with get placed at the back of the drawer only because I feel wasteful throwing them out. I get…

Depends on the situation. Is this surrogate planning on doing it again? If so, $4,000 is nothing considering the potential loss of income. In my case (38, not having any more kids) it sounds great since doctors want so much to render them useless/ remove them.