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Man has time flied. 
I started this blog when my dragons were both home doing preschool with me.  Now both of them are in school the first half of the day. 
I am excited about what this means for my future days but I miss them both now. 

My house is still clean from this morning. 

My house is so quiet that the tv cracking makes me jump. 

Now that things are so different I am debating where to go from here. I want to still engage my children in learning but I also want them to play. 

Both of my kids love when we do activities and games it also makes the after school chaos settle a bit. 

I can forgo the planning and just let the kids play. 
Have kid time. 

Or I can plan things for us to do together or for them to do with their friends when they get home. 

I am not sure what the future looks like right now. Decisions need to be made on my part.  

Decision post to come later...


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  1. JohnDecember 30, 2021 at 6:31 AM

    On point! You never know how fast time changes. It feels like it was just yesterday when I was struggling with my student life crisis and now here I am working in https://paytotakemyclassonline.com/hire-someone-to-do-your-online-class/ where we assist students by attending their online classes on their behalf. I wish I would've had the same opportunity during my college days.

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