89: The Back to School Tradition We All Should Adopt

Miles is in Kindergarten (!!!), Claire didn’t cry but she did create an amazing back to school tradition, Joy’s trip to Arizona, and a convo with Joy about her career changes and family upbringing. EAT TO EVOLVE DISCOUNT CODE JOYCLAIRE15 www.joyandclaire.com email: [email protected] Instagram: joyandclaire_ This is Joy & Claire Episode 89: The Back to School Tradition We All Should Adopt Episode Date: August 26, 2021 Transcription Completed: September 3, 2021 Audio Length: 47:17 minutes  Joy: Hey guys, this is Joy. Claire: And this is Claire. Joy: And this is Joy and Claire. Can I be that person really quick and just be really freaked out that it’s the end of August? I have to do it. Claire: I know. Joy: It’s freaking me out. It’s freaking me out. It just went by so, so fast. I don’t know if it’s just because I’m not really working right now, or has it been going fast for you too? Claire: It didn’t go fast for me, but I think that’s just because we had a lot going on this month. We were in Wisconsin, Miles started school. Yeah, so Miles started kindergarten last Thursday. That’s been so fun. He did really well. It’s been going great so far. Joy: I just feel like the month just flew by. So I was like, it’s just because you’re not working. But I feel like sometimes it does happen. Claire: Sometimes it flies by. Joy: Where is the time going? So here we are. Claire: I will say, August did not fly… I mean, August felt like a normal pace month for me. It did not fly by, but it did not crawl either. Joy: Well, the question of the day is, how did Miles do with back-to-school shopping? Did you get cool school supplies, and was he just as excited? Claire: Okay. So he definitely was excited. So we went to Target. I waited too long and all the cool stuff was taken already. Which I was doing fine with the thought of Miles starting kindergarten until I went to Target and saw all these families in the aisles with their high schoolers and was like,, [emotionally] “Oh my God.” I’m going to have a high schooler in like two days. It’s going to be us in the aisles. And like, I saw a mom who was there shopping with her daughter, so clearly shopping for a dorm. [crying] No, I’m never going to be fine with it. I do not consent. Joy: Parents out there – Claire: Yeah. Joy: Thinking of you Nikki in Arizona. Claire: Yes. Joy: I know you’re listening. You just took your boy to… I want to say U of A. Did you do U of A? You texted me. You know what I’m talking about. Claire: I’m pretty sure I saw U of A on Instagram stories. Joy: So U of A. That’s just so hard, to just drop your kid off at college. I can only imagine. Claire: Come back. Joy: Come back. Claire: Anyway, moral of the story is I waited too long to get the cool stuff at the Target. I didn’t know. I didn’t know. So we ended up buying most of the stuff on Amazon, which was kind of fine. But also obviously they have a greater selection for things like backpacks and pe...