The Parent Puzzle

Daya is having a friend over tomorrow to spend the night.

She has been at dance in rehearsals until late almost every night.
When she is home she is exhausted.

But her room is a disaster.
She tried to start cleaning it Weds evening, her only night off from dance.

She needed help.
So I asked her permission to clean her room.
The last time I cleaned Daya's room was the end of 5th grade.
It's her space and i leave it alone.

But having a guest over is another matter.

So Daya let me clean her room.

100% of non-parents who have seen this picture are shocked at the chaos and cannot find the cat.

100% of the parents who have seen this picture think the room is pretty normal for a kid and can find the cat pretty easily.

I had some helpers.

2 hours later......

In the afternoon, I went to ballet class parent observation.
It's still over Zoom.