The 5 year (B)itch

We have lived in our house for just a couple weeks shy of 5 years now, I remember the timing because we were frantic to get in before my daughter's 14th birthday so she could have a party in our new house. So now I am finding, as a first time home owner, that nothing in this house was built or made to last five years. Last year our Frigidaire dishwasher leaked and ruined our kitchen...and the comedy of errors that ensued thereafter was traumatic to say the least...but I digress.

School Budget Cuts? Not if you have a baby in High School!

So today I am dropping my son off to school, he is a junior in high school. I notice that there is brand new playground equipment on the side of the school. It was one of those things that took my mind a minute to process...I am at a high school and there is playground equipment...I haven't had coffee and I am running on about 5 hours of sleep so I am staring, waiting for it to sink in...Why the hell to high schoolers need playground equipment?