Thanks California, it's appreciated..

I'm about to bitch, so you've been warned....


Being that Keith works in the auto industry, we've been feeling the economy crunch for a while now, have had to make adjustments and praying that the paycheck that comes on Fridays will actually pay what is due that week. I've cut out so many things this summer, things that I had planned to do with the boys, it makes me sick.

Living in the fabulous state of California has been another challenge. Parks and pools are being closed and set into states of disrepair, jobs lost, and a general feeling of "oh shit" in the air.
S-I-L has seen it in having to take furlo (sp?) days at work.

Today it has finally hit home, our home and our boys. Without the budget and the schools getting money cut, our preschool program that we have loved for the last three years has finally been hit. On one hand I'm grateful because we still have a preschool to go to in the fall. But I am deeply saddened by the fact that of the 5 teachers in the whole program, only 1 is left for this coming year. One teacher for all the classes, and only one school sight for all the kids.

Last year was hard going in because we were unsure of the new teacher Cody would have, and I wasn't really looking forward to going back to the old teacher for Tyler. Thankfully, we fell right in step with Cody's teacher, loving her assertiveness and direction. Another pleasant surprise was that there was a new teacher for Tyler's class. She's awesome, a breath of fresh air, and really loved being there and with the kids.

Minus the work that is involved with this school, I've been looking forward to it starting all summer. I love Teacher Kathy and was so excited to get to be there two days a week with her and Ty.

We already have the unknowns of what kindergarten really is, so going into it with the looming budget crisis has already been a scary thing.

So now, we're walking back into the unknown, and I'm pissed. Pissed that we lost two+ wonderful teachers to government BS. Pissed that we will have to really watch our P's & Q's all year because there isn't going to be any money to do anything without paying for it out of pocket. Really pissed that the government has let their short comings effect the littlest ones in the state.

The state has to be hemorrhaging money out somewhere. How many secretaries to a secretary to we need, how much beautification do we need, how much do the government high-ups really need to make each year.

Maintain what we already have, leave the kids alone.