I'm absolutely overwhelmed by the end-of-school flurry of activities and ceremonies. All the picnics and field trips and presentations are fun things on their own, but because they are all packed into the same week they turn into last minute obligations. And it makes me tired.

But what really gets to me is that it's not just my kid's schools that leave all the fun stuff for the end -- I do the same thing, and you probably do as well. We've all been told to "save the best for last" but I'm starting to think that it's not very good advice

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