I don\u2019t think that I\u2019m alone in my sincere intention of achieving my Mom Back to School Goals. <\/p>\n
The execution of these objectives is another story altogether. <\/p>\n
We\u2019ve just completed the first full week of school, and I\u2019m evaluating my progress.<\/p>\n
Goal:<\/strong> Buy all the uniforms in June during the sale.<\/p>\n Result:<\/strong> I did place my order promptly at 11:50 p.m. on June 30th. Except I mistakenly clicked on adult sizes instead of the youth option, and the girls look like they shrunk this summer. (The shirts did not, however.) <\/p>\n Goal:<\/strong> Save time by ordering their shoes online to be sure I\u2019d get the correct ones in stock. <\/p>\n Result:<\/strong> Band-Aids had to be worn the entire first week of school and reminded of the that sage advice passed down from the pioneers, \u201cObjects on screen are not what they seem.\u201d<\/p>\n Goal:<\/strong> Reestablish healthy sleep cycles before school starts.<\/p>\n Result:<\/strong> Lots of late-night infomercials and afternoon naps with complete insomnia amnesia for the first month of 4th grade.<\/p>\n Goal: <\/strong>2 words: Bento. Boxes.<\/p>\n 2 Word Results:<\/strong> Bread. Butts.<\/p>\n Goal: <\/strong>Schedule all appointments and checkups in the summer months.<\/p>\n Result:<\/strong> 1 tardy and 2 early-checkouts during week 1.<\/p>\n Goal:<\/strong> Summer reading assignments completed early.<\/p>\n Result:<\/strong> *See Sleeping Goal.<\/p>\n Goal:<\/strong> Ask insightful and engaging parental questions at School Open House.<\/p>\n Result:<\/strong> \u201cIs there an open bar?\u201d does not count. Apparently.<\/p>\n Goal: <\/strong>Prepare healthy, home-cooked dinners every weeknight.<\/p>\n Result:<\/strong> Nothing says failure like a Papa John\u2019s box. On a Tuesday. With no extracurriculars to blame.<\/p>\n Goal:<\/strong> Be that mom that they all talk about in carline.<\/p>\n Result:<\/strong> Over-achieved.<\/p>\n Check back in with me for my New Year’s Resolutions.<\/p>\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I don\u2019t think that I\u2019m alone in my sincere intention of achieving my Mom Back to School Goals. The execution of these objectives is another story altogether. We\u2019ve just completed the first full week of school, and I\u2019m evaluating my progress. Goal: Buy all the uniforms in June during the sale. Result: I did place […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[2],"tags":[86],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s3NIOM-goals","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":561,"url":"http:\/\/www.suburbandiva.com\/2014\/05\/23\/top-10-signs-school-is-about-to-end\/","url_meta":{"origin":726,"position":0},"title":"Top 10 signs school is about to end","date":"May 23, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Top 10 signs you know the school year is ending: 10. 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