This was the week when I was scheduled to hit the road. I have arranged school visitations lasting until the end of March. However, a funny thing happened on the way...
The government of Ontario has decided to insinuate itself into the contract arrangements of most of the civil servants in the province. And, as it does, it has decided that it will add some unwelcome favouritism into the mix. The government decided that police and firefighters should have preferential pension schemes, while nurses, teachers' aides and other categories of workers should do without. As a result there is threatened labour action to put pressure on the government, and the schools are one of the innocent bystanders being affected by the unrest. So, while Eric, Erica and the boys headed off for Disney World, I was cancelled. There is not much use in going to visit schools if they're not in operation. Now, as it turned out, the government did respond to the threatened job action, so they've started to negotiate the issues. And the strike has been delayed... we could have gone out to the schools! But wait, the strike may happen next week. So next week's trip is cancelled as well. Yikes! I'm thinking we should have just travelled and got in as much work as possible around the disruption.
Wendy, Erin and Kristian headed west on Thursday. They are attending a ladies' conference over the weekend and doing some visiting on the prairies for the next week. The upshot of it all is that I am stuck here at home on my own. And, once again, the best laid plans of mice and men turn out to be about equal.
The government of Ontario has decided to insinuate itself into the contract arrangements of most of the civil servants in the province. And, as it does, it has decided that it will add some unwelcome favouritism into the mix. The government decided that police and firefighters should have preferential pension schemes, while nurses, teachers' aides and other categories of workers should do without. As a result there is threatened labour action to put pressure on the government, and the schools are one of the innocent bystanders being affected by the unrest. So, while Eric, Erica and the boys headed off for Disney World, I was cancelled. There is not much use in going to visit schools if they're not in operation. Now, as it turned out, the government did respond to the threatened job action, so they've started to negotiate the issues. And the strike has been delayed... we could have gone out to the schools! But wait, the strike may happen next week. So next week's trip is cancelled as well. Yikes! I'm thinking we should have just travelled and got in as much work as possible around the disruption.
Wendy, Erin and Kristian headed west on Thursday. They are attending a ladies' conference over the weekend and doing some visiting on the prairies for the next week. The upshot of it all is that I am stuck here at home on my own. And, once again, the best laid plans of mice and men turn out to be about equal.
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