unless mildred tells me she wants to stop so we can do it together or something.

Nope, go for it! Turns out I no longer need reading group for German, nor do I even need quota and yelling! German has just gotten easy enough that I no longer have to fight to find the willpower to do it every day. Will let you know if something comes up such that I need to be yelled at again, but you reading things on your own is fine. I'll get to Orieux eventually, but not this month.

even to the extent of pestering the person for whom I'm betaing to put it in :D

:D