Complete this sentence:

One of the biggest surprises associated with quitting my job, moving out to the country, and becoming a stay-at-home mom was…

a) I am still expected to get dressed every day

b) My phone rings constantly but the telemarketers are not interested in what I’m making for lunch

c) I am not yet bored

d) My husband actually thinks that I should be responsible for keeping the house clean

One of the reasons I thought I could handle leaving the city to move out here to the cornfield was because I have harboured a Little House on the Prairie fetish ever since Carrie fell down the well. I’m a pioneer at heart, I would say to myself, while ordering a Grande Americano from Starbucks and wondering if I got any actual mud on my Hunters. (Quel damage!) Then one summer I canned peaches, fancied myself a total pioneer rockstar, and knew I could leave the city for greener pastures.