{"id":1120,"date":"2013-10-23T10:00:49","date_gmt":"2013-10-23T15:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maryahernartist.com\/art-blog\/?p=1120"},"modified":"2026-01-23T17:17:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T22:17:26","slug":"5-days-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maryahernartist.com\/art-blog\/5-days-week\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Days a Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">5 days a week I go to school<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">2 days a week I teach<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">2 days goes to Little League<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Dinner 4 x 7 each.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Friday sees the Pathmark grind.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">That&#8217;s something I really mind!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Listening to my youngest read and<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">My oldest pitching with incredible speed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">The house gets cleaned maybe once a week<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">But I&#8217;m convinced my life is neat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: times new roman,times;\"><em>Writing by Mary Ahern. 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