<p>I am IMMENSELY glad to be done with art projects in honors classes, esp. senior honors English.</p>
<p>Its going to be hard to get rid of old habits. I had to go to staples yesterday and get a roll of oversize banner paper to cut a template for a dining room table cover, and I said to myself, Oh I’ll get it in white, not brown, so D has leftover for projects.</p>
<p>Drama (and I don’t mean the kind that happens on stages!)</p>
<p>I do not miss the elementary school one bit. S has food allergies, so I did the class parties for years.</p>
<p>I remember something with juniper berries. I think it was an Alaska project. My favorite in recent memory was a trip to the bodega to buy authentic Mexican bread…I decided buying was way easier than making it myself. It was except for the part where I was the only white lady with terrible Spanish and the regular customers were looking at me like I came from an alternate planet.
Agreed re boys and napkins. I always told mine to sign up for napkins or drinks.</p>
<p>I will not miss my Type A daughter and Type Z son arguing every morning about what time to leave for school!</p>
<p>Anybody else not going to miss getting ready for Show Choir competitions - hair, makeup, etc. done by 5:30 AM? Leaving a hot venue in skimpy attire late at night in zero-plus weather?</p>
<p>How about the last minute discovery that the dress pants/shoes/shirt are seriously outgrown when you just asked yesterday/last week if they knew where they were and still fit and the answer was Yes?</p>
<p>I will not miss filling out FAFSA if I ever reach that point.</p>
<p>How about last minute SAT stress ?? (D2 is taking subject tests on Saturday)</p>
<p>Spanish school.</p>
<p>Every Saturday morning from 3rd grade through 10th grade. Driving across the county and then being trapped there until about 1 pm. The only thing that made me happier than when I finally escaped being on the school’s board, was when Happykid decided last spring that she wouldn’t return in the fall. If I hadn’t been driving at the time, I would have wept with joy.</p>
<p>Ditto swim meets…especially after the one that was very far away at which S2 (probably 12-13 at the time) would undoubtedly qualify to go to state. I’m watching the schedule. He should be lining up. Where is he? WHERE IS HE?? I’m running. Have you seen S2? Have you seen S2?? Oh, he’s asleep on a bench in the locker room. It might have been hot outside but it was a very chilly ride home.</p>
<p>Won’t miss putting 30,000 miles per year on the van running the kids to classes, activities, etc. We homeschooled, and yes, they were very socialized.</p>
<p>Won’t miss careening into the post office parking lot at 4:55 p.m. to pay for overnight delivery to get S2’s various college applications and supplements in on time.</p>
<p>Won’t miss nagging, and nagging, and nagging</p>
<p>Won’t miss washing all the dishes while everyone else runs off to do something more important</p>
<p>Won’t miss being thought of as the stupidest person on the planet. By the way, both my S’s (who have both just moved into their first apartments) called me today to ask for advice on their grocery shopping. Ahhhhh… life is good</p>
<p>I didn’t miss going to track meets. They were LONG LONG LONG and usually it was cold, rainy and/or windy (new england). My kid was not a track star. To be honest, I couldn’t stand going.</p>
<p>I also hated the sports awards night that was way too long. Each coach spoke about their teams for way too long. Also, I thought that is was VERY rude that when a team’s presentation was done…THAT team left the awards night. By the end, the only team left was the last team. Glad I don’t have to go to those anymore either!!</p>