Sarah Palin I ain't

So John and I put some effort into supporting a local State Representative primary candidate, Michael Maresco. By "supporting" I mean we had his sign in our yard, got a sitter, went to his house to stuff envelopes and ate and drank for free. Pretty much a win, win if you ask me.

Not so much. He lost. By quite a lot.

I was truly upset, not just because I really think the guy is a good guy and would have done a good job but because of the lottery factor.

What, you may ask, is the lottery factor? When I, on very rare occassions, buy a scratch ticket or a lottery ticket I truly expect to win. I go around the whole day thinking of what I'll do with the money which always starts with philanthropy and ends with shoes. Once I scratch and, inevitably, lose I am truly surprised. And pissed.

Same thing with the state rep primary. I really thought that just because we liked this guy everyone else would listen to us and like him as well. I'm slowly learning that the power of persuasion I thought I possessed may not actually exist. Except with the kids because they still do what I tell them to, for the most part.

So last night was my first PTA meeting. Wow was that an eyeopener. It was truly awful. I thought people had to be joking but, no, they are not. The "board" was a clique, the audience was mostly ignored expect for one woman who would not shut up and there were no snacks. Seriously, you have a meeting from 7 to 9pm with NO snacks and you are asking these people to give all of their free time (and money) to a school for which we already pay taxes? Strangely enough I was not elected to the school council, which I had put my name in for. I think they may have been put off by the fact that I didn't have a sweatshirt and crocs on or that I admitted that I work full-time. I could see the wheels turning, "Works full-time? She'll never be able to bake 300 cakes, draw a mural and weave an indian basket by Monday. Pick the loud mouth."

Suffice it to say I probably won't be going back, which seems to be the cool thing to do anyway seeing that there were about 25 people total representing the 433 kids in the school. And you do know how I like to be cool.....