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Momservation:<\/strong>Mom created meals, and clean clothes, and activities for the kids, and a safe nurturing environment. On the sixth day she created the seven hour five day-a-week school year. And on the seventh day she finally rested.<\/p>\n

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The kids left for school… and once again peace reigned throughout the house<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tomorrow my kids start school.<\/p>\n

Back in the day this would mark my annual sending of a fruit basket to the San Juan Unified School District.<\/p>\n

But now that my kids are older and more self-sufficient (read: never home because they\u2019re off with their friends), I\u2019m not so desperate for school to start. I\u2019m actually going to miss summer.<\/p>\n

I feel good about where we left it though. In my ongoing effort to live in the moment and enjoy the journey our family, I believe, has wrung every last ounce of fun out of this summer.<\/p>\n

To paraphrase Hunter S. Thompson, we are skidding up broadside to the curb of school in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!\u201d<\/p>\n

But that doesn\u2019t mean I won\u2019t enjoy some of the perks of my kids being occupied in the halls of education for a seven hour stretch five days a week.<\/p>\n

In fact, below is a list of things I\u2019m going to thoroughly enjoy and relish in now that the kids are back in school:<\/p>\n

Back to School Parent Perks<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • Having an uninterrupted bathroom moment, taking as long as I want.<\/li>\n
  • Making myself something to eat first and getting to actually sit down and eat it.<\/li>\n
  • Going through a Starbucks line and not having to use all of my gift card buying everyone else Double Chocolate Chip Frappuccinos and chocolate croissants.<\/li>\n
  • Reclaiming my DVR and deleting \u201cSeries Record\u201d of Dance Moms, Full House, Ridiculousness, and My Strange Addiction.<\/em><\/li>\n
  • Favorite ratty old t-shirts and super short shorts mysteriously disappear.<\/li>\n
  • Reprogramming car radio stations, listening to my playlists, and my choice of Pandora stations that don\u2019t have the same six songs playing over and over.<\/li>\n
  • A pantry and fridge that retains the food put in it for at least seven hours.<\/li>\n
  • Walking through a house that doesn\u2019t suddenly become a minefield of dropped and discarded personal items, dishes, and garbage.<\/li>\n
  • No one is yelling \u201cShot gun!\u201d every time I get in the car.<\/li>\n
  • The only disputes I have to mediate are between me and the dog.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    #Queenofmycastle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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