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My children have been back in school for exactly a day and a half.
I know, right?
The calendar says that it’s almost mid-September, and yet. Because union rules say that school needs to start after labor day, and because the Jewish high holidays fall according to the lunar calendar (read: EARLY THIS YEAR) so, yes, a day and a half. I wish I was exaggerating. But, no. A day and a half. People keep asking me about their classes and their teachers and their friends and how they are keeping up with the French that they missed last year and my only answer is…
A DAY AND A HALF.
I have no idea.
But there is ONE thing I DO know. I loved the heck out of those 1.5 days. I loved the two evenings before, where after-dinner activities included showers and baths and making lunches and choosing clothing for the next morning instead of movie nights and popcorn and jumping on the trampoline until all hours of the evening. I loved the two mornings where I woke my kids, got them dressed, and sat them down to a cereal breakfast – – – Froot Loops, the cereal of their choosing for the week of back-to-school – – – before ushering them in the car and ushering them off to school.
So I could work in peace. For 1.5 days.
So I could do laundry in peace. For 1.5 days.
So I could make dinner in peace. For 1.5 days.
So I could go grocery shopping in peace. For 1.5 days.
I cannot wait for the next 194. And a half.
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