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Back To School Sunday
Back To School Sunday: A Poem Summer vacation — gone, gone, gone — Preparing lectures — long, long, long; Making lunches every day — No more splashing in the Bay; Back to rigor and the grind — Starbucks coffee not far behind; Late night grading, losing sleep — Watching my kids grow: weep, weep, weep. So long flip-flops, hello heels — No more winging weekday meals; No more swimming at the pool — Time for schedules, time for school. Summer days grow shorter for fall — Baseball playoffs and football; Homecoming, Halloween, Haunted trails — Time moves quickly, not like a snail; Before you know it, holidays are here —…
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Chaos Among Order: Back to School Time
It may look like everything is neat and orderly as you look at the kids’ backpacks after the first day of school. It is now, but you should have seen the kitchen table an hour ago. Day one. Let the chaos begin. Now, I don’t know about you, but this whole “back to school” thing is getting a little out of hand. First, we have to spend–wait a minute. I’ll get right back to you. (Writer pauses to call to husband.) “Honey, how much was that bill from Staples?” “One hundred eighty-four dollars,” he shouts back. (That was 184 in case you’re in disbelief. Nooooooooo—kids aren’t expensive.) (Writer continues blog…
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Alas—Relinquishing My Duties as Summer Mommy Extraordinaire
Don’t get me wrong—I love my children. I can hug them and squeeze them and kiss them all day long. They are spoiled rotten by a doting mother who loves them to pieces. Like many of you, part of my job as Summer Mommy Extraordinaire is to come up with ideas for the day, because, quite frankly, it’s mandatory in my summertime line of work. The question “Mommy, what are we doing today?” is inevitable every morning as we eat breakfast and watch another rerun of “Sponge Bob,” my daughter’s favorite. It’s my responsibility to come up with the daily summer game plan. You see, if I’d known the full…
