it's a big day

today is a big day...the school board meeting tonight. i won't/can't go into too  much detail because it's all hearsay anyway...but there's a possibility that i, amongst many others, can lose their job in austin isd. rick perry wants a huge grunt of the budget cuts to come from education, why he does, is no clue to me. therefore, our district needs to cut about $113 MILLION. that's a huge chunk of change. there's a possibility about 300 teachers could lose their jobs. there's a possibility that 9 schools- from low performing to exemplary schools,- will close. it's a very tough and difficult time, and some decisions will be made tonight. i'm so glad i will have about 10 girls over at the apartment "watching" the bachelor (i will stream the board meeting from my laptop) so if it's good news, we can celebrate, and if it's b ad news, i'll have someone to console me! i never thought, when i was getting into education, that we would be as affected as other careers from the economy. education is supposed to never go away. i was joking to steve that his program at dell will need to only recruit from people outside of texas, because our future generation of students in texas are not going to have the same options and opportunities that we had. i know kids will still succeed. i know kids will still fail. our standards for ncbl won't change, but the classrooms sizes will be bigger, the support will be smaller. it should be an interesting time, that's for sure. i mean, it only makes sense to cut the most underappreciated, lowest paid job for your children...and pay coaches millions of dollars. makes sense....

on a happy note, the bachelor IS tonight (wine will be a'flowin'), and it shall be fun. i get to see neary's baby girl tomorrow, and laura's dress on wednesday! life is good. even when politicians are not :)

enjoy the day!

recommendation of the day: menage a trois wine- the red or white. steve and my favorite wines (him red, me white). we go through pretty much a bottle a week or two. don't judge. try it out :)

any other wine suggestions are welcomed as well :)