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  1. Laurie
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    I still think there is a huge market for inflammable paint and surface protectors. Then you just throw in a molotov cocktail, shut the door, and come back in 4 hours to a neat little pile of ash and a fresh start. Product of the century!

    I do try to plan my exit and return to the house, so that I leave with it in the best (read=most realistic) condition: anything that even MIGHT get bad goes before I do; laundry caught up at least on the wash side; lawn mowed low (learned that lesson the $350 hard way). My one rule to myself is NEVER COME HOME EARLY ENOUGH TO DO ANYTHING BUT GO TO BED. Arriving at 7pm has got to be the worst; tired and grumpy from captivity in the car and have to remain upright long enough to get utterly dismayed and have to do something about it.

    I remember one time with my X-man when the girls were young; I came home from some weekend thing exhausted and with a migraine and the entire house looked as if a bomb had gone off – every single horizontal surface was covered in teetering piles of old dishes, mail, books, newspapers, drawings, keys, food. I thought I was going to wink right out of existence from sheer apoplexy.

    Hey, and here I thought my marriage ended because I’m gay! Holy insight batgirl 🙂

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  2. Becca
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    My least favorite part about coming home from a trip is dealing with the accumulated detritus – the mail, the laundry, the bills…that re-entry into real life is difficult. I have no idea how the astronauts do it! Imagine what the re-entry from outer space is like!

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