Thursday Thirteen #29

You know you've thrown your whole heart into doing something when you feel it break just a little bit once that thing is over. Today was the last day of school. As a PTA President AND mom of four, I should have been dancing in the streets. Instead, I spent most of the day choking back tears. I didn't think I could love 400 kids at once, especially without knowing all their names, but it turns out that I can and I have. I will miss them, especially those 5th graders. Still, it's nice to have summer break upon us and for today's TT, here are:

13 Reasons Why I'm Glad School is Out

1. NO MORE GETTING UP AT 6:00 A.M.!!! (I wish I were a morning person, but I'm not.)

2. No more fundraiser hassles! (At least not for three more months)

3. No more carpool lane! (You have to get there at least 40 minutes early to get a good spot in line. That's fun to wait out with a two year-old in the car.)

4. No more racing from work to school to get a good place in the carpool lane.

5. No more worrying about who's going to do the School Store on the Fridays that I have to work.

6. No more calls from irate parents.

7. No more walking into the school only to be accosted by at least one teacher and three kids when all I came inside for was a drink of water or to check the mailbox.

8. No more tearing the house apart for permission slips, Thursday folders, etc...

9. No more phone calls and 'special meetings' with Tristan's teachers. (It happens at least twice each school year.)

10. No more constant exposure to germs and (my favorite) head lice.

11. No more daily 20 mile round-trips to and from the school.

12. More time for trips, sleeping in, and cleaning the house.

13. More time for us to be together as a family, though I am looking forward to leaving all FOUR of them with Dave when I go to work each day. He is used to only having one at home with him. Hee! Hee! I can't wait!

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