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Surviving a High School Junior’s Final Exams-One Mother’s Story

Final exams are coming up in three weeks. Mini-me’s high school JUNIOR YEAR finals! And do you know what that means? The fun is over. We go into DEFCON 4 total lock-down mode. We did this last December, too. I barely survived. I stopped watching Glee, Khloe & Lamar, and 90210 as an act of […]

Filed Under: College & Empty Nest, Parenting Tagged With: finals, high school, junior year, mom, school, teenagers

Backpacks and College Apps and SAT’s, Oh My!

Every year when my kids go back to school, the feeling is bittersweet. I’m sad to see the lazy days of summer go and the relaxed attitude of the kids, but I do breathe a long sigh of relief (Ok, it’s more of a “Yippie!”) when I drop them off on their first day of […]

Filed Under: College & Empty Nest, Parenting Tagged With: college, empty nest, high school, mom, sat, senior year, shopping, teenagers

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