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So, as parents, we spend the first 18 years of our life scrambling to get out of school so that we can either (1) enter the workforce or (2) go to college.  If you chose option 2, you then spent those undergraduate years waiting somewhat impatiently for that light at the end of the tunnel where you get that piece of paper called a degree.  You either decide you are done with school or, like me, decide to get that Masters degree, which may or may not be of future benefit to you.  Finally you are finished and you can actually say, “Yes!  No more homework!  No more tests!”  Then you have children.

M is in the first grade.  The child started bringing home homework when he was in Pre-K.  The amount has progressed to where he now has reading, math, and spelling Monday – Thursday.  And since he is young, that means that B & I now have homework as well.  Yes, that’s right…as a parent you now have homework AGAIN.  It seeps back into your life.  You can’t escape it.  UGH!!!

M must read to us every night, and we have to log his performance into a log sheet that goes back to his teacher the next day.  We must guide him through his math homework (notice I said guide as he must answer the questions and we provide assistance and guidance to help him arrive at the correct answer).  We then quiz him on his spelling words by having him use them in a sentence, spell them out loud, and have him write them for us on command.  By the time we finish homework, eat dinner, take baths, etc., it’s now time for bed.

You know, I don’t remember having this much homework when I was his age.  If I did, I feel for my parents.  It’s exhausting.  Don’t get me wrong, I love it that M is reading well above grade level and that he is so smart and intelligent but I am longing for the days where he can do his homework on his own and I can be there to answer questions.  However, I’m beginning to believe that day may never truly come until he has went off to college.

On other fronts, my sister-in-law got back to me about the time of my nephews’ games.  It was just as I feared.  We do have a conflict so I have now pushed his party back to a Sunday.  So, I fixed the invitations to reflect the new time and sent out the ones that could be sent out via email.  I just need to print the ones that I will need to mail and get those ready to go out tomorrow.  I can cross that task off my to do list for this month.  Now I need to go around and look at John Deere cakes to see where we will buy the cake, because this mom is NOT domestic and doesn’t do homemade cakes (although I did bake coookies the other night, but it was with cookie dough I bought through a fundraiser at work).  The hardest part will be getting the house clean before the party.  UGH!  I’m getting tired just thinking about it….

I’m looking for volunteers???

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