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Hello friends ~<\/p>\n

It’s me.\u00a0 Remember?\u00a0 The blonde with curly hair?\u00a0 Writes sometimes?\u00a0 Got a job and fell off the face of the Earth?<\/p>\n

So, it’s been a minute (or forty-thousand) since I’ve caught up with you folks.\u00a0 I’ve been wracking my brain trying to come up with something to share since my life lately has consisted of experiencing wafts of poorly disguised B.O in the middle school hallway and watching kids waste ungodly amounts of food in the cafeteria.<\/p>\n

And then I thought, how about I share my thoughts on my job?\u00a0 Yep, I’m a genius.<\/p>\n

Besides the aforementioned perks of the job, jumping back into the work world after 9 long years as a stay-at-home mom has been an exciting journey.\u00a0 So I thought I’d share some thoughts below.\u00a0 Here goes!<\/p>\n

Top 5 Reasons I Love My EA Job<\/h3>\n

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1. \u00a0YOU GET A PAYCHECK.
   \nI mean.\u00a0 Can you believe I’ve been working at home for 9 years and haven’t made a single dime?!\u00a0 Unjust?\u00a0 Absolutely.\u00a0 Who knew people were willing to pay you<\/em> to yell at kids?\u00a0 And I’ve been doing it for free for years.\u00a0 Man, all that lost potential.<\/li>\n
2. YOU GET TO TALK TO ADULTS.
   \nThe quality of my daily conversations has drastically improved.\u00a0 Since my kids are in school all day, my conversations typically existed of exasperated backtalk to those annoying chicks on The View and the occasional “what’s my life about” check-in with the ever-napping Schweenie.\u00a0 Now I get to talk about how annoying kids are and stuff.\u00a0 With other people.<\/li>\n
3. FRIDAY HAS A NEW MEANING.
   \nNow, like most of the industrialized world, I track my progress to Friday with a renewed passion and purpose. Mama loves her Friday evening Happy Hour.\u00a0 (Real talk: I always have.)<\/li>\n
4. I’M DIGGING THE HALLWAY HIGH-FIVES!
   \nKids are fun.\u00a0 And they do things like give you high-fives and ask “sup Mrs. H?” on their way to class.\u00a0 I dig it.<\/li>\n
5. I GET TO HUG MY OLDEST EVERY DAY AT LUNCH
   \nSince I have raised a pretty cool 13 year-old, I’m blessed to be able to give her a daily hug in the lunch room.\u00a0 And she’s not even rolling her eyes when she’s doing it!\u00a0 Admittedly, it’s pretty exciting to have an insider’s view on my kiddo in her natural environment.\u00a0 You learn a lot about your little human when you see them being all, human.\u00a0 And bonus!\u00a0 I also get to chitchat with my Teacher Sister and two of my nieces as well!\u00a0 And since none of them beeline away from me in the hallways, I’d call that a rousing success!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

   So there you have it.\u00a0 My job journey in a nutshell.\u00a0 It’s been quite the adjustment but such a fun one.\u00a0 I’ll be tucking all the memories I make over the next couple of months in my back pocket for safekeeping as I have no doubt there will be many.<\/p>\n

   Happy Friday!<\/p>\n

   Mindy<\/p>\n

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