I just finished Night-14 at town meeting, and we are done (for now). I was a little disappointed after tonight’s voting, because there were 2 motions made that would have started to rebuild some of the things the schools have lost over the last few years. Neither motion passed, although the second motion only lost by 8 votes, so it was close. I guess I should be happy that we got the level-service budget (amount to keep the same services as last year), plus $500k for new computers, over $400K for paving and a playground that will allow Norah’s preschool to move to a better location, and a new parking lot and ADA bathroom for our elementary school. Not too shabby.
Mostly I’m just extremely excited to get back the 10+ hours/week I’ve been spending sitting on my butt eating M&Ms. I can get back to Zumba (3 hours per week), go back to my night job (4 1/2 hours per week), get back on track with my BLOGGING (1 1/2 hours per week), and even catch an episode of Real Housewives of Orange County (41 minutes). I will miss my pal Elizabeth, but not to worry…there’s a SPECIAL town meeting on June 21st. Until then, I’ll be appreciating my 10+ hours/week more than I ever did before I lost them.