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It was a quiet Tuesday when Lillian\u2019s SUV screeched into my driveway. I assumed it was a pie drop-off\u2014her usual \u201chomemade\u201d ones that taste suspiciously like Costco.<\/p>\n
But then five kids tumbled out. I blinked. \u201cWait, what?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYou\u2019re a teacher! You\u2019re off. Jessica and Brian are off to Europe. I was going<\/em> to watch them, but I\u2019m swamped.\u201d<\/p>\n Before I could protest, she was gone.<\/p>\n So I smiled\u2014because I had a plan.<\/p>\n That week, I ran the house like a boot camp. Chores, crafts, carrot sticks. And I documented everything<\/em> on Facebook:<\/p>\n \u201cThanks to my MIL for leaving me five helpers all summer!\u201d Every post tagged Lillian. By Friday, she was back\u2014frazzled and apologizing. I handed her their bags and smiled. She whispered, \u201cYou didn\u2019t have to humiliate me.\u201d She never dumped them on me again. It was a quiet Tuesday when Lillian\u2019s SUV screeched into my driveway. I assumed it was a pie drop-off\u2014her usual \u201chomemade\u201d ones that taste suspiciously like Costco. But then five kids tumbled out. \u201cThey\u2019re yours till September!\u201d she chirped, dressed like she was headed to brunch, not dumping a small army on …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2144,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3983"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3984,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3983\/revisions\/3984"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u201cThey\u2019re yours till September!\u201d<\/strong> she chirped, dressed like she was headed to brunch, not dumping a small army on my porch.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cEllie\u2019s sweeping like a pro!\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nEvery one public.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cThey\u2019re flying home early. I\u2019ll take the kids.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\u201cNo worries. They\u2019ve learned to mop.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\u201cOh, I didn\u2019t,\u201d I said. \u201cI just shared our memories.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nNow? She calls first.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"