Mostly Good Weekend

Jim's birthday weekend was great and not just because I had Friday off. We had a great time out and about on Saturday and Sunday and it went way too fast. Saturday we went to Shooters and then had drinks at Bad Tom Brewing before dinner at Red Feather. Sunday we went to Hoppin' Vines for a couple beers and some duckpin bowling and then lunch at Currito. I made dinner last night - egg roll bowls - which was yummy!

The part of the weekend that was NOT good was getting annoyed by my neighbors, my dogs eating 3 pairs of flip flops (while I was doing yoga trying to decompress from my neighbor annoyance) and then waking up this morning with an email from Dick's trying to reschedule my delivery today for tomorrow. I'm going to do EVERYTHING in my power to keep my delivery on for today and I'm going to pitch a royal fit if they move it to tomorrow! I feel like my head is going to pop off with all the annoying shit that's been piling up on me! 

So my neighbor thing: As you may or may not know, Loveland (where I live) tried to pass a RIDICULOUS levy last November ($165 mill...one of the largest levies ever attempted in the state of Ohio). Needless to say it was NOT approved by a resounding 78% against. Afterward the board decided to put another levy on the ballot ($6.5 mill) without fixing any of the previous issues that were voiced by the public. Now, I don't think I've ever voted no on a school levy but I did on this one (in November) and I'm still schooling myself and deciding about the one for March. Considering they don't even have a planned budget for spending this money and they don't even have building plans, I'm thinking they need to go back to the drawing board. And by the way, the district is still in the black in terms of their money...they are not in an emergency situation. 

All that explained, I was getting ready yesterday and saw that my neighbors and a former neighbor were putting signs throughout the island (our cul-de-sac) much of which is owned by Jim and I. SO!!! presumptuous! After the signs were put up, I then got a text from Lauren saying, "You don't mind that we put levy signs in the island do you?" Now that's annoying for a number of reasons but mainly because guess who looks like an asshole now? My answer was, "I haven't made a decision about the levy yet. I don't care about the signs as long as they aren't on our property (don't want to be a hypocrite if I decide against.)" The other thing that's annoying is that Lauren was well aware of how I felt about the levy in November. Whatever though...they had the signs moved by the time we got home in the afternoon. People are ballsy! 

Okay well, I'd best mosey. This week will be an interesting one. I have a "short" week with an in-service on Friday but I have a long night on Thursday with Parent/Teacher Conferences and then Academic Night. But it's also going to be a three-day weekend (no school next Monday). Bonus too, Jim is back on regular shift starting Thursday. 

Ooh, just got a text from Dick's delivery dude who said he WILL be here to deliver today. Lucky! 

K - happy Monday...later!