about the terrorists in the middle east. Murderers is a better term. Yesterday one of these would be terrorist drove a car into some Canadian off duty military personnel killing 1 and eventually himself, and earlier the tragedy in Ottawa. Is it time for us to close the boarders from people coming from countries like Iraq or Syria? Do we need to go that far with these people? Not all of them hold radical ideas. How many other Zehaf-Bibeau's are there out there? For security reasons I've often wondered why does the military insist on have our off duty military dress in their uniforms, especially when mixing with the public? Its an open invitation for something like this to happen. Is this another armageddon? The murderers are not just in the middle east, they're right here. Only difference is they're not in black masks and waving black flags.
I don't know how long I'll be on this shift. I hope its for the duration but I'm just day-by-day on this current project.
Our District meeting is Saturday and I had a chance to skim over our District lodge report. The whole thing takes about 2 minutes to read. Apparently my secretary will be giving it to me there. In the meantime I'm going to print off a copy of what I have on hand. There, I'm having a adult beverage (beer) and possibly a bite to eat, depending on what my JW is bringing. But again, I'm up early. I haven't had a good sleep in since last Wednesday. I could use 3 days off but I also need the money. I don't mind having Saturday off, I just wish this thing was later in the afternoon so I could sleep in.
We've got another beautiful day out there. Sunsets at 6:22pm now as our "summer season" is about to come to a close. Daylight savings time, when we set our clocks back an hour will be November 2nd. Anyway, that's about all today.
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Showing posts with label meetings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label meetings. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Saturday, August 9, 2014
The new job seems to be
running along ok. Its basic telemarketing but I'm not selling anything. It's easy enough to do and the hours are decent enough.
Sometime this month I'm supposed to know, one way or another, if I'm going to get on this extended medical benefits plan. It's from the Alberta Government and is similar to a company health care plan. It's different then Alberta Health care. It's set up for emergency situations and was strongly recommended in writing by my Doctor. My local PCN feels that there's no reason why I shouldn't be accepted. It even covers my wife as well. My PCN says I should get a card in the mail very soon. Maybe next week sometime. it's mostly to cover my diabetic needs but the plan covers beyond what Alberta Health care would cover. The plan covers my diabetic supplies, vision/optical, and most important right now, dental and dentures. If I get the card this week next time I see my Doctor (Monday) I'm going to ask about my dental and what we can do to get my teeth done. Pending of course when (and if) I get the card in the mail. I might some time off in the hospital until my gums heal but I'd do this about mid September. I'm sure my job will accommodate me. Getting my teeth done has been on my mind for sometime now.
Yesterday I went to Audrey's and picked up my Warhammer 40k book. "There is only war." It's a Warhammer anthology of 42 short stories published last year. I hope it sells well enough to bring out a 2nd volume sometime this year or next.
Also on my commute I read a bit at Campus waiting for the #4 bus and then I had a bit of a wait at wem. ETS had this grey low floor bus. It's an electrical bus. Not a hybrid and apparently its wifi enabled and looks really cool. I'm going to try and see if the fellow I'm meeting with after coffee can drop me off at wem so I can get a photo and try out the new bus. This bus apparently is the only one of it's kind in all the 900+ buses in ETS's fleet of bus.
Prior to when my colleague was living at Westmount my drive home colleague and I would take the Yellowhead and run down 50th. I mentioned to her if she would be able to pull into the Wendy's drive through on my way home as it was on the way. Then I realized as we were heading towards the Canadian tire store off 129th to Fort Road, we were not anywhere near Wendy's. I almost said to cancel because my meeting ride this afternoon can always go to "Harvey's" on 170th there. She said it was no problem. So as we went over the Manning overpass it was just off in the right side lane by Pet Smart (Sparky) and a few minutes South on 50th. I got a Double Baconator and biggie fries for my lunch and watched Smackdown. That way Anne didn't have too cook anything.
I'm out here at 8:30am. One of my colleagues from my lodge said he'd be able to pick me up this morning and said he'd be out here at 8:30am. I emailed him and called so he doesn't swing by here thinking he's going to pick me up. I called him before Anne got in and left a message for him not to pick me up as I wouldn't be attending. I feel bad I can't make it but I need the hours as well. I am however going to meet with the fellow running the meeting after. If there's no snags. He's got the address to where I work and he said he could meet with me after 1:30pm for coffee today and to give me the details as to what happened. Also, if that electric bus is there I can get off at 95th ave/156th street and snap a photo of Sandy lane. I've been wanting to do that since last Octobers fire. Anyway, that's about all for now.
Sometime this month I'm supposed to know, one way or another, if I'm going to get on this extended medical benefits plan. It's from the Alberta Government and is similar to a company health care plan. It's different then Alberta Health care. It's set up for emergency situations and was strongly recommended in writing by my Doctor. My local PCN feels that there's no reason why I shouldn't be accepted. It even covers my wife as well. My PCN says I should get a card in the mail very soon. Maybe next week sometime. it's mostly to cover my diabetic needs but the plan covers beyond what Alberta Health care would cover. The plan covers my diabetic supplies, vision/optical, and most important right now, dental and dentures. If I get the card this week next time I see my Doctor (Monday) I'm going to ask about my dental and what we can do to get my teeth done. Pending of course when (and if) I get the card in the mail. I might some time off in the hospital until my gums heal but I'd do this about mid September. I'm sure my job will accommodate me. Getting my teeth done has been on my mind for sometime now.
Yesterday I went to Audrey's and picked up my Warhammer 40k book. "There is only war." It's a Warhammer anthology of 42 short stories published last year. I hope it sells well enough to bring out a 2nd volume sometime this year or next.
Also on my commute I read a bit at Campus waiting for the #4 bus and then I had a bit of a wait at wem. ETS had this grey low floor bus. It's an electrical bus. Not a hybrid and apparently its wifi enabled and looks really cool. I'm going to try and see if the fellow I'm meeting with after coffee can drop me off at wem so I can get a photo and try out the new bus. This bus apparently is the only one of it's kind in all the 900+ buses in ETS's fleet of bus.
Prior to when my colleague was living at Westmount my drive home colleague and I would take the Yellowhead and run down 50th. I mentioned to her if she would be able to pull into the Wendy's drive through on my way home as it was on the way. Then I realized as we were heading towards the Canadian tire store off 129th to Fort Road, we were not anywhere near Wendy's. I almost said to cancel because my meeting ride this afternoon can always go to "Harvey's" on 170th there. She said it was no problem. So as we went over the Manning overpass it was just off in the right side lane by Pet Smart (Sparky) and a few minutes South on 50th. I got a Double Baconator and biggie fries for my lunch and watched Smackdown. That way Anne didn't have too cook anything.
I'm out here at 8:30am. One of my colleagues from my lodge said he'd be able to pick me up this morning and said he'd be out here at 8:30am. I emailed him and called so he doesn't swing by here thinking he's going to pick me up. I called him before Anne got in and left a message for him not to pick me up as I wouldn't be attending. I feel bad I can't make it but I need the hours as well. I am however going to meet with the fellow running the meeting after. If there's no snags. He's got the address to where I work and he said he could meet with me after 1:30pm for coffee today and to give me the details as to what happened. Also, if that electric bus is there I can get off at 95th ave/156th street and snap a photo of Sandy lane. I've been wanting to do that since last Octobers fire. Anyway, that's about all for now.
Monday, December 9, 2013
Finally Sunday night Monday morning is here
as its been a full 4 days for me. I'm working over the next 15 days without a break but then I'll have 10 days free. Ten days with all of the major bills pad off!
Yesterday I got down to Tim's at about 9am and had my Sunday morning breakfast. I had the sausage egg sandwich with hash browns and coffee before a prearranged meeting with Frank from our Lodge for a 9:30am-ish meeting. He had left his cap and apron behind at the Lodge from last Thursday, which I had managed to save for him. Being WM I'm the last one to leave and lock up. Frank showed up shortly after my breakfast. We had a nice little chat and I headed to the office for my 8 hour day ahead.
I'm a little early doing this but 2013 has been an interesting year to say the least. From 2012 I received a nice severance pay package that was just a little over what my weekly rate was. I had a couple of months off. Then I paid off a account at LM for Maschine, NHL hockey resumed and I took a job offer. I bought a wifi Samsung camera. Also, I took out my CPP. We lost a budgie bird and got a new one. We almost lost Sporty due to a bout of jaundice he had in September. If that wasn't enough I took out a 2nd job and latter became WM of my Lodge for 2014. It's been quite a year. I'll write a expanded version of this more closer to the end of the year.
This week, I've got a 4 hour shift at my first job. Tuesday I hope to have a 4 hour shift from 10-2 at my 2nd job then run down to my first job and work from 3-7 and head out to Lodge after work. Then hopefully I'll work 10-2/3-7 for Wednesday and then Thursday/Friday 12:30-8:30pm and Saturday 10-2. It's 34 hours. Anyway, that's all for now.
Yesterday I got down to Tim's at about 9am and had my Sunday morning breakfast. I had the sausage egg sandwich with hash browns and coffee before a prearranged meeting with Frank from our Lodge for a 9:30am-ish meeting. He had left his cap and apron behind at the Lodge from last Thursday, which I had managed to save for him. Being WM I'm the last one to leave and lock up. Frank showed up shortly after my breakfast. We had a nice little chat and I headed to the office for my 8 hour day ahead.
I'm a little early doing this but 2013 has been an interesting year to say the least. From 2012 I received a nice severance pay package that was just a little over what my weekly rate was. I had a couple of months off. Then I paid off a account at LM for Maschine, NHL hockey resumed and I took a job offer. I bought a wifi Samsung camera. Also, I took out my CPP. We lost a budgie bird and got a new one. We almost lost Sporty due to a bout of jaundice he had in September. If that wasn't enough I took out a 2nd job and latter became WM of my Lodge for 2014. It's been quite a year. I'll write a expanded version of this more closer to the end of the year.
This week, I've got a 4 hour shift at my first job. Tuesday I hope to have a 4 hour shift from 10-2 at my 2nd job then run down to my first job and work from 3-7 and head out to Lodge after work. Then hopefully I'll work 10-2/3-7 for Wednesday and then Thursday/Friday 12:30-8:30pm and Saturday 10-2. It's 34 hours. Anyway, that's all for now.
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Ever since YouTube went and upgraded
itself to "YouTube One Channel" I've been having trouble uploading my videos from my YouTube channel to Blogger. I'll figure it out over the weekend when I have more time.
Tonight on Coast the topic is on Consciousness & Dimensions. This sounds like a pretty good show.
So the UN wants to lft the arms embargo to the Syrian rebels. This imo is a bad idea because it means more bloodshed in that civil war. Already Russia has sent missiles to Syria capable of striking Israel. These missiles have fallen in the hands of the terrorist organization of Hezbollah. If they are used to attack Israel, Israel will destroy them and then what?
My City of Edmonton, has developed a new type of material that will within ten years make potholes a thing of the past. It's a special kind of asphalt/rock binding agent. COE actually has a lab made for this purpose. It could actually work.
Not much going on for the week. I've got a big meeting Sunday, that I can't get into talking about now but I'm looking forward to it and at the same time, I have a little anxiety is creeping in about it. Anyway, that's about all for now.
Tonight on Coast the topic is on Consciousness & Dimensions. This sounds like a pretty good show.
So the UN wants to lft the arms embargo to the Syrian rebels. This imo is a bad idea because it means more bloodshed in that civil war. Already Russia has sent missiles to Syria capable of striking Israel. These missiles have fallen in the hands of the terrorist organization of Hezbollah. If they are used to attack Israel, Israel will destroy them and then what?
My City of Edmonton, has developed a new type of material that will within ten years make potholes a thing of the past. It's a special kind of asphalt/rock binding agent. COE actually has a lab made for this purpose. It could actually work.
Not much going on for the week. I've got a big meeting Sunday, that I can't get into talking about now but I'm looking forward to it and at the same time, I have a little anxiety is creeping in about it. Anyway, that's about all for now.
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