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🎵🎶 It’s the most wonderful time of the year 🎶🎵

September 9, 2021September 9, 2021 Writer of Words, etc

If anyone starts in on me with Christmas, you will be blocked!

😄

Ok, seriously, they are definitely for sure going to school today.

🎉🎊🪅🎈👯‍♀️💃🕺🎊🎉🪅

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An adorable little rant*

August 29, 2021August 29, 2021 Writer of Words, etc

*About back to school.

I asked my teens when they’re going back to school.

I bet you know what they said. Nothing, that’s what. They don’t know because they don’t check because they don’t care.

I don’t even blame them.

But I want to know what is going on because I’m a mom and I want everyone out of this godforsaken house while I continue to stay here part-time(ish) and it would really help me if I had an iota of an idea what the eff is happening with school now that the pandemic is over (and starting again but whatever).

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20 minutes

August 27, 2020August 27, 2020 Writer of Words, etc

Yesterday I had 20 minutes to myself. The entire day. Which began at 5 am.

I’m always up early. Mornings are my quiet time to write, or read. Except not now, because…puppy.

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And so it begins – pandemic back to school prep

August 11, 2020August 11, 2020 Writer of Words, etc

As of today, the local board of Education is going to start calling every parent of school-aged children to find out what their intention is.

There are a few options here in my city of Toronto:

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Here we go again: back to school, and then there was chocolate

September 3, 2019September 3, 2019 Writer of Words, etc

So this morning, they left. Every single one of them! I had an empty house. 😀

Today was the first day of school for Canadian children.

#HappyHappyJoyJoy

The morning was kind of anti-climatic actually, which is a nice change of pace. Having gone through various forms of stress, anxiety or other associated emotions in the past, I didn’t really know what to expect today. Nice that it went relatively smoothly.

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First day of school after the holiday break

January 7, 2019 Writer of Words, etc

This morning I had a crying kid and a grumpy kid who both didn’t want to go back to school.

Holiday laziness is over! Welcome back to routine…

I said:

Name me one kid who wants to go to school today.

No one answered. Ha. 🙄 Continue reading “First day of school after the holiday break”

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Midway through: trekking along through September

September 12, 2018September 12, 2018 Writer of Words, etc

It’s already Wednesday.

Or, it’s only Wednesday… 😛

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Back at school: lunch time, junk food and mom’s home-cooking

September 7, 2018September 7, 2018 Writer of Words, etc

Every day they want to eat dinner. Right?

This means someone’s gotta cook. That would be me. Good thing I don’t mind cooking, most days…

The other day my mom was telling me she was out at lunchtime. She noticed long lineups at fast food joints located around some schools. She looked closer and it was all middle school and high school kids, waiting in line for a burger and fries, or some such junk.

She was astonished and so am I. I mean, I know kids buy food at these places, but every day at lunch?

My question is, at what point do kids have so much money they can afford a fast food lunch on a regular basis? Continue reading “Back at school: lunch time, junk food and mom’s home-cooking”