You know you're a home school mom when...

• Your kids say they don't want to go to the grocery store with you because they have "had enough Mom-time this week."

• You feel dissed until you realize...

• You are about to go somewhere ALONE..

• Which makes you feel giddy and guilty at the same time.

• The gal at the grocery store's coffee shop says, "No kids today?"

• Three minutes later, a woman stocking produce says, "No kids today?"

• You grab extra potatoes for a science lab.

• You begin making a mental list of reasons "you know you're a home school mom when" and then have to backtrack from aisle six to produce because you forgot salad mix.

• You can't wait to post it on Facebook to prove wrong all those who say "home schooled kids don't have friends,"

• Which makes you laugh inwardly about the Messy Monday video you shared on Facebook yesterday. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJHt-m3VX6o

• You decide to blog this list and the video because the whole world should know the truth.

• When you arrive home, your teenager offers to help you put away the groceries, which confirms your conviction you must be doing something right.

• Your husband points out alliteration while your other two kids are listening to an audiobook.

• Your youngest child reminds you about the popsicle sticks needed for this week's French/art project.

• You are rejuvenated and ready for come-what-may on Monday.