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To make note of a rare (but sweet) five-star moment:
The house is clean. I managed to shower before nightfall, so my hair is clean. My clothes are absent of boogers, drool, peanut butter, and poo. Reed and I made cupcakes together. Jaxon just finished a two-hour nap. Phill is coming home hours early from drill. Basking in the glow....