They closed the schools again – and they’re doing it tomorrow, too – so I got bunched up a little. And then the babysitter showed up, and oh God yes but I needed a beer and a booth to slump in for a few hours. The worst part? This is probably just the mid-stretch for me. Even if school’s open on Friday: guess who signed up to chaperon a field trip?
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Is OK, just think about all those upcoming make-up days in June to meet “state mandated minimum education days” (where no actual learning will occur). You’ll have the house to yourself for half a day again then.
When the kids were littles and we were doing soccer, my mantra as I stood on the sidelines in the heat/cold/rain, whatever nasty was: I am keeping them off drugs by being here, I am keeping them off drugs by being here.
Seems to have worked.
Making memories, damnit!
Somehow becomes my wife’s mantra during every “adventure”.