
This has been a tiring week. I forget every year how tiring the first week of school can be. My kids are in high school and college now, so you'd think it would be a bit easier. But it's not. There's still the overwhelming barrage of school supplies to be bought and forms to be signed. But most of all, there's the return of the dreaded homework.My kids are pretty independent when it comes to their homework. But there's always something they need that they don't have, which can only be purchased at this particular store for this particular price. And it must be in this particular color or they'll get an "F." And do I want them to get a...