{"id":677,"date":"2011-03-28T13:50:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-28T13:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/rebeccafrech\/2011\/03\/spitting-distance.html"},"modified":"2014-08-22T15:50:10","modified_gmt":"2014-08-22T20:50:10","slug":"spitting-distance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rebeccafrech\/2011\/03\/spitting-distance.html","title":{"rendered":"Spitting Distance"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>We are within spitting distance of the end of the school year.\u00a0 I can see it from here.\u00a0 (Literally.\u00a0 May just came up on my digital calendar.)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s almost the end and I\u2019m hitting homeschool burnout in a serious fashion.\u00a0 I really just want to stay in bed to day and read a good book.\u00a0 That\u2019s not happening.\u00a0 The fog and gray skies are not helping my lethargy at all.\u00a0 Can I just declare today to be national \u201cMom Needs a Nap Day\u201d?\u00a0 No?\u00a0 You\u2019re no fun.<\/p>\n<p>My eldest son must be feeling it, too.\u00a0 He just can\u2019t keep his mind on school this afternoon.\u00a0 Every time I glance in his direction he\u2019s either daydreaming or has wandered off.\u00a0 How much trouble would I be in if I just tied him to his chair until he finally finished?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 14 year old is dragging her way through her last chapter of Algebra II.\u00a0 Who can blame her? 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