Relatively busy

So Tuesday I had five events! 10 a.m. was the BCREA exec meeting followed by lunch at the nearby pizza place with Ron, Margie, and Maxine (taking the place of the previously scheduled lunch at Robin's Nest with Conni and Sandy). Tom and I saw "Sully" at our favorite Tuesday special theater, Regal Burlington. Then I attended the first 20 minutes of my new zumba class before heading to my first instructor led H&R Block class of the new season-Sole Proprietor.

Marybeth GR

Wednesday wasn't as full; just an early morning hair cut, the DEAR lunch of the month at Dooney's Pub in Delran and then dancing at Prospectors later that night.

Thursday was the CONTACT in-service with a Samaritan Hospice representative. lunch at Pizza Amore with Kathryn, Ron, and (happy surprise!) Allen Zwick,  and a Smithville walk with Tom during which we encountered familiar BCEA retired teachers Eleanor and Susan who told us about the current juried art show in the Mansion, which we were happy to visit.

Friday was oil change, CONTACT shift, and back to Prospectors for more dancing fun.

Saturday Tom took off for golf and then we went to see "Bridget Has a Baby" which was cute (although Tom preferred the original).

The really sad news of the week was the death of  Ginny McLaughlin, a dancing acquaintance whose life was unexpectedly cut short, violently.

Happy Labor Day

The threat of Hurrican Hermine is over but my thoughts are focused today on another very scary circumstance:

Short story:

Our pension was over 100 per cent funded.
Enter Christy Todd Whitman and the next 20
years' worth of governors of NJ with little to
none of the required yearly funding.

Now we have one of the if not the worst
funded pensions in the United States.

A promise by the current Governor (Christie)
to have the State fulfill its obligation in
exchange for increased payments by the
employees was broken.

Legal and constitutional efforts to right the
wrong have proven fruitless.

Now the governor is attempting to arbitrarily
and illegally change the retirees health plan.

If that weren't enough, he is also trying to
force a statewide evaluation system for
teachers which would include a 30% portion to
be based on a known flawed standardized test.

 The extreme audacity of this administration
is beyond belief and the dire consequences of
his actions are terrifying.

First Day of School....not!

I am talking Tom into Seaside Tuesday for the Annual First Day of School Trip to Seaside (if the weather is suitable! no pun intended!)

I am happy not to be going back though my thoughts are with those who are.

We've made some travel plans and are so looking forward to Tom's 50th year Hot Springs High School reunion (by way of Nashville!)

Gee Gee, Carol Brown, Jim Muldowney, and I had a great time at lunch the other day, talking about the old days and times since. I wonder if I can pull off some kind of FL area get together of PTHS classmates while we are down there. (FL is kind of big...and I'm just talking lunch, not a big hoopla). Maybe. We'll see. But hoping for Linda and Wilma for sure.

Time to start buckling down with some HR Block classes, meanwhile....