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Back To School

Jacqueline Laughlin
4 min readMar 15, 2024

just finishing out week ten only 6 more weeks to go…

I am still here! Still having fun and thank goodness no longer dazed and confused with all the new acronyms. The software and digital platforms have just started to make sense… why I thought I came here and why I am actually here and now that I have come and changed my mind and have a better view than I could have had .. had I not begun.. is nothing short of “frickin” amazing.

I have put everything else I might have done ON HOLD… That means no unscheduled emergencies; no gardening; no shopping for pansies, no corning my own brisket for St. Patrick’s Day; and no answering the phone for unscheduled and unannounced callers. Definitely no bread baking…the beloved is threatening Dr. Davis grain free.

Cell phone stays on another level during school hours. I confess, I did sneak out to daydream & feed buttermilk waffles to the baby teen squirrels this morning. They love my recipe. They also shared so graciously with the birds…

I know how to finish out and finish out well…what I know to be best about marathons… you win because you pace yourself and finish and learn what you learn along the way. There is HOPE! We …we are the survivors and thrivers of the COVID COHORT. Covid. 24 and roaring. Lots riding on the last grandma standing.

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