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The Day I Turned Off the Lights

June 13, 2025

Samantha Behne

Field Day. You know, the day we all circle in red on the calendar because it sounds like fun until you’re living it... sweaty, sun-drenched, surrounded by flying foam noodles, scattered Popsicle sticks, and kids who somehow consumed seven times their normal sugar intake before 10 a.m.

So there we were. Field Day: survived. Barely.