Yes it would be totally understandable for me to hate homework, after all I do have two school-aged children. Only one problem - the homework I hate right now is mine!

I've been struggling through the pre-work assignment for tomorrow's seminar. Yeah, you heard me right. Assignment. I guess I've been complaining about it just a little too much. One minute I'm sitting at the table, staring at the same question I've been struggling to answer for the past hour, the next minute, I'm watching as the stack of papers is suddenly flying into the air.

"What are you doing?" I say in shock as Chris strides across the kitchen.

"I'm getting rid of the headache." He stops in front of the trash can.

"You can't do that. I have to have the done for tomorrow."

He narrows his eyes. "Why? You obviously don't want to go."

"Yeah but I have to."

"Why?"

I hate when he's logical. Narrowing my own eyes, I wonder why he's not in the den working on the song that's been bugging him for the past two days. He's got the first verse but he's been struggling to come up with a good chorus. And when that happens it tends to drive him nuts enough to do nothing but try to come up with something.

"Because," I test that out for an answer but I should have known he wouldn't buy it.

"Bullshit." (He can be pretty blunt, can't he? Maybe he's just really frustrated with the song. Maybe I should distract him and ask him how its coming along)

Instead I point to the half full jar on the counter. "Better stuff a dollar in before eagle ear Lily catches you." We dont have to give the kids allowance, the 'curse' jar keeps them pretty well off.

"Morgan, you've been complaining about tomorrow all week. Why are you going? No one is forcing you."

Rats, he's in one of those moods and he's not going to give up until I answer. To tell the truth I don't know why I'll go to the seminar tomorrow. I hate that sort of thing but I guess I'm too damn stubborn to get out of it.

And I love my daughter enough to do whatever it takes to set a good example and not give up just because something's a little challenging. I love being one of the classroom moms and I want to continue that little job.