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[quote=Anonymous]So much of the errands can be handled by shopping online.  You don’t ever need to go into a target or grocery store, and I think a lot of us transitioned to this way of shopping during the pandemic when we wanted to limit our exposures.  Lawn work can be outsourced during this period of parenting that is so exhausting.  It doesn’t mean you always need to pay someone to weed or mulch, but just that you recognize that things have been tough and you need to get some chores off your shoulders and pay someone else to do it…this year.

I think instead of trying to mask much needed break time with a quick trip to Lowe’s, you should acknowledge that each of you deserves a scheduled kid free break, whether to walk, nap, hit the gym - and openly switch off the kids so you can accomplish it.  Maybe you could have an hour every Saturday afternoon and he could have an hour every Sunday afternoon, and you put it on the calendar with no fighting, no bickering, no even questioning what the spouse chooses to do with that kid free break time.

Can you work out during your lunch break while you still have the nanny in the house?  Maybe even go together and use it as a bonding activity while she has the kids?[/quote]

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