Why do I always go for the bad boys?

Say hello to Rep. Aaron Schock, U.S. Congressman from Peoria, Illinois.  He is working with Men's Health magazine to encourage healthy living and weight loss over the summer.  He is really nice looking and when I saw these pics I was just thinking.... "Oooooooooooo Myyyyyyyyyyyy."  But of course, young Aaron is a dedicated, Southern Baptist, Republican.  Ugh.  So I know that he's not very gay-friendly, but if push came to shove, I wouldn't shove him outta bed.  LOL

If you've ever seen the movie "Bachelor Party" a band plays the song, "Why do good girls like bad boys?"  Oh how true.  :-)

Let's Catch Up Shall We

It's been forever since I last blogged and there's been a lot going on in my life.  I figure that it will take me three or four posts to get everything covered, so let's get started.

The BIG news came about three weeks ago.  I was given a Reduction In Force notification from my school district.  In layman's terms, I was laid off from my teaching job of ten years.  Due to poor financial planning from our administration, with no action, the district would be over $350,000 in the red next school year.  We are a small school district with maybe 40 teachers.  At least 10 of us are going to be let go at the end of this school year.  Four of the five teachers in the 7th/8th grade team at my school are being let go, including myself.

The district is planning on reconfiguring the buildings so that the 7th and 8th graders will now be in the high school with the 9th through 12th grades.  My ten years actually give me seniority among the math teachers in the district and under normal circumstances that would save my job.  But unfortunately my license only allows me to math to grades 5-8 and not high school.  I would need that high school certification to save my job, but it would require me going back to school for almost two years to get it and it's just not worth it financially.

Once we found out the financial distress of the district, I kinda knew that my head was on the chopping block.  But I have to be honest when I say that when I actually got the letter it felt like my world was ending.  I went back to my classroom and just cried my eyes out (no students were pregnant...lol).  It's been so long since I've been out in the job market that it was scary to think that I would be out of a job in about a month.  I am fortunate in that I will continue being paid over the summer and keep my insurance.  So at least when the school year ends I'm not thinking, "OH CRAP!  I HAVE TO FIND A JOB NOW!!!"

The end of the school year has kept me busy enough that I really haven't thought about the fact that I only have 11 days of school left.  I have a feeling that the last day of school is going to be really rough.