Tad and I have a date tonight! An overnight! I could not be happier. I definitely am in great need of some kid-free time together! We were planning on getting dinner somewhere (we saved our Kalahari allotment of cash by eating all the food we brought in the hotel and sharing meals out) and going home to watch a movie and sleep the blissful sleep of a parent who's children are not going to be calling them at 6:30 in the morning, wanting to get up.
But in light of Scott Walker's budget bill and all the peaceful protesting in Madison, we'll be dropping the kids off and heading straight for the capital. I just hope that if the tea party tries to incite violence or anger, that this group of state workers, teachers, firefighters, nurses etc.. fighting for the unions continues to organize peacefully. And hopefully some advocates of NOT allowing the state control over Medicaid benefits such as Badgercare (which we are on!) and health care that affects the poor and people with disabilities, which is another backward idea Walker put in his budget...will be there fighting as well!
I think being part of a protest action, fighting alongside others against this Budget which was not even allowed the democratic process it should have had, is a great way to spend a date night!
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