Ides Of March!!!

How appropriate that it falls on the same day that ass wipe gov. kasich is "unveiling" his budget.  ARG!  He's proving, quickly, to be a real piece of work.  Originally he wasn't going to allow the budget briefing to be recorded.  His spokesperson said reporters could record a town-hall event later in the evening but could bring only pens, notepads and small voice recorders to the briefing.  Governors in the past have not limited the recording of budget introductions.  I mean, doesn't that sound a bit secretive?  And sneaky?  I don't know - I'm sure I'm a bit sensitive to his methods because of what he's doing to the people of his state but come on!  Why so hush-hush?  Are you a little afraid of the backlash?  I'm sure education will take a nice big hit today...Kasich seems to be following in the footsteps of many other jackass governors in this country who think it's a good idea to attack those educating their children.  Ugh! 

Breathe...breathe...breathe!  Choke...sputter...cough...breathe.

So, yesterday was good.  It was the first day for OGT's (Ohio Graduation Test) and let me tell you the day FLEW by.  Got a TON of work done.  More hopefully today. 

Did You Know?
The striped mittenfish, a deepwater species recently discovered in the Java Sea, can change its sex at will by turning its entire body inside out.  First of all - that's one of the coolest things I've ever heard!  Second of all, that's the coolest name for anything I've ever heard.  Third - if it turns itself inside out - what happens to all it's organs?  Nature is so cool!  By the way - this is the mittenfish.  I think this might be one that has turned itself inside out already.  It looks like the insde of my cheek!  How ugly is that thing?  He looks sad!  I would be too if I looked like that!  Blech!!!

Zeke news:  He's driving out of my freakin' mind!!!  He's taken it upon himself to just bark - for no reason!  At all hours of the night.  Last night - Jim got home late - around 7:30.  This meant that when he got home, he let the babies out and Zeke stayed out forever - just laying in the grass, chillin.  So, he had plenty of time outside before bed.  At 10:13 - I had JUST turned the light out to go to sleep, he starts barking at the sliding glass door.  I told Jim he was just being an ass and he'd stop.  Point one for Zeke who proved his Mama wrong.  Jim got up, took him outside - he peed and Jim brought him right back in and upstairs.  Zeke laid down, I laid down, Jim laid down and proceeded into slumber.  Just on the edge of sleep, I hear Zeke bark from downstairs!  DEVIL!!!  So I go downstairs and he's sitting in his dog pillow, in the family room, looking out the sliding glass door in there...just barking.  So I rolled him over and said, "GO TO SLEEP!  DEVIL!  STOP BEING A BAD DOG!!!"  And I marched upstairs.  I laid down, took a deep breath and was just on the cusp of dreamland when WOOF!!!  Guess who was at the bottom of the stairs and wanted up!?  Jim's turn.  From that point - we were good until 3:30 when he somehow had wandered back downstairs and decided he wanted back up.  RRRRRRRR!!!!!!  I wish he could find a hobby to occupy him when he can't sleep at night!!!  Maybe scrap booking?  I'd be content with him frying his mind with video games - anything if I could just sleep through the night!  Sometimes I don't think he even knows he's barking...he's getting so deaf he doesn't hear himself anymore.  ARG!!!  Maybe I'll slip him some Tylenol PMs! 

K - I'm out...late!  Zeke's fault!  Later