30th birthday

i'll probably be dead by then.







just kidding!



So its my 30th birthday, and i'm starting to really feel old. I graduated high school a little over 10 years ago, and the economy is getting worst. Who's fault is it, that's up to you, but thousands of citizens have been laid off. Its harder and harder for citizens to find jobs, i have been very fortunate though to have two at the moment. Although most days it doesn't feel like its helping very much at all, being a single mother of two and all. Our government has tried to keep going with the same plan since i graduated, and our revenue hasnt gotten any better. I graduated with the economy 16.8 billion dollars in debt, and we are up to 19 billion today.
       Hopefully with the newly elected president, it will turn around. We are all so hopeful. There are 40 kids in my son's 2nd grade class, and only a handful of teachers in the entire school. The music and art programs have been cut entirely, which is a major influence on my daughter. Although she is only 5, she knows that we need art and music in society to make it though. Life is rough for everyone, i can only hope that these hard times and cuts will make it worth it in the end.