What goes around comes around. I'm not sure about the word KARMA but I did have someone on my bus express that recently.

It has been a rather trying week. It seems that whatever ideas we have had as drivers about customer service are being tried. We no longer have time to care about our clients, just get them there. If they're not ready to go, we wait 5 minutes and we're gone. It doesn't matter if they're on their way downstairs and move a bit slower, gone. it's so sad. I feel like giving up. I've really enjoyed this job and now, not so much. The clients aren't happy and based on last night's Union meeting it's easy to see how defeated the drivers are feeling.

Anyways...........................apart from that life goes on. I don't know where this will all lead but it's strangely reminiscent of a job I worked at years ago that i loved that was taken over/sold to another kind of people who thought nothing of letting go all of its top people with no hesitation. I had a breakdown around that time and it was very hard to maintain any kind of normalcy.

I hope the weeks ahead will be better and that we all just will learn to get along. it's time for a change for everyone. Good and bad. Happy and sad.

Gotta Love Maxine, she always knows what to say.

Today was declared an Official Snow Day meaning we only pick up people for essential services. Except it didn't really snow that much and it was all rain by this afternoon. But all of my trips were cancelled so I partnered up with my buddy Barb and we did a total of 3 trips for the whole day. wow. Aren't we something special! And they were all in wheelchairs!

Now we're waiting to see if we get paid for the whole day because the new peeps in charge don't know about snow days being from them there united states of america where apparently this NEVER HAPPENS. Right. They've never seen snow before. Sooooooooo.....things are moving along swimmingly.

But it's all good and as long as I collect a paycheque I'm happy. 2 of my colleagues told me this morning they never got paid at all last pay period and are still waiting for someone to cut them a cheque! We got paid last Friday and they're still waiting? Yikes! Kinda scary people.

That's my beef for today. I'm happy now that I got that off my chest.

Peace out cub scout.

If I Didn't Have a Dog...OR A CAT (OR 2)......

MY SENTIMENTS EXACTLY !!!

I could walk around the yard barefoot in safety.

My house could be carpeted instead of tiled and laminated.

All flat surfaces, clothing, furniture, and cars would be

Free of hair.


When the doorbell rings, it wouldn't sound like a kennel.

When the doorbell rings, I could get to the door without

Wading through fuzzy bodies who beat me there.

I could sit on the couch and my bed the way I wanted,

Without taking into consideration how much space

Several fur bodies would need to get comfortable.



I would have money and no guilt to go on a real vacation.

I would not be on a first-name basis with 6 veterinarians,

As I put their yet unborn grand kids through college.



The most used words in my vocabulary would not be: out,

Sit, down, come, no, stay, and leave him/her/it ALONE.

My house would not be cordoned off into zones with

Baby gates or barriers.

I would not talk 'baby talk'. 'Eat your din din'.

'Yummy yummy for the tummy'..

My house would not look like a day care center, toys

Everywhere.

My pockets would not contain things like poop bags,

Treats and an extra leash.



I would no longer have to spell the words B-A-L-L,,

F-R-I-S-B-E- E, W-A-L-K, T-R-E-A-T, B-I-K-E, G-O,

R-I-D-E

I would not have as many leaves INSIDE my house as outside.

I would not look strangely at people who think having a

Dog or cat ties them down too much.

I'd look forward to spring and the rainy season instead

Of dreading 'mud' season.


I would not have to answer the question

'Why do you have animals?' from people who will never have the joy

In their lives of knowing they are loved unconditionally by

Someone as close to an angel as they will ever get.

How EMPTY my life would be!

The Real Reason the Plane Went Down in the Hudson River

Images of Mexico

People Watching

One of our very favorite things to do is to sit in public places and watch people. We like to make up names for them, occupations, family dynamics, marital status, you know that sort of thing.

There were many peeps in Mexico that got nicknamed by us. There was Mavis, an older lady who positioned herself around the lobby with her book, seemingly inconspicuous and yet, she was always there. No idea if her name was Mavis but it suited her.

Then there was Jack and Helen, an older couple who looked like a retired school teacher and bus driver, the reliable sort of people you could call on a moments notice to drop off a hot casserole to a grieving family. Good people, Jack and Helen.

There was an older gay couple we called Gary and Allen. They'd been together many years and Allen had just retired as an accountant. Gary was still working because he was a few years younger. They were travelling with Gary's sister and brother-in-law who seemed completely at ease with their travelling companions.

And then there was SB. (I will explain later what the initials mean, stay with me) Whew! SB was in his late 40's and had a hard time wearing more than a speedo bathing suit. No matter the time or the hour SB was standing in position by a swimming pool. Standing and strutting. SB was what you might call "well-endowed" or "one envied by many a man who hadn't just come out of a swimming pool". SB never just stood, he posed. When he laid down on a lounge chair he posed. And as unclothed part of him posed so did the clothed. The little teeny speedo bathing suit could hardly contain his manhood.

It seemed SB caught the attention of many who wondered in amazement of the show he was putting on. One afternoon we were all strewn about on lounge chairs, not too close to each other but close enough to over hear a rather loud conversation about SB. 3 women were coming back from the beach and paused to stand and have a good gawk at SB. After talking amongst themselves and who knows what they were saying then, one of them loudly proclaimed,

"Ah, it's probably just a sock".

At which point we named him Sock Boy.

And We're Home!!!!!!!!!!

Mexico was fabulous! We had a wonderful, relaxing time. It rained more than we would've liked but it was still warm. Our resort was wonderful and every bit what the pictures made it out to look like.





Our room was on the top floor with a breathtaking view of the ocean, pools and palm trees (my personal fave). Sooooooooooooo nice.







I can never get enough of an ocean view. At night we'd leave the patio door open and fall asleep to the sound of the roar of the ocean. No cars, no sirens, no city noises, just ocean.







There was a quiet pool which we really enjoyed leaving others to enjoy the not so quiet pool with swim-up bar. Not our thing but really enjoyed by other travellers who apparently were very thirsty.




Never having stayed at an all-inclusive resort before I had heard lots of stories about the food. Yup, it was all that and a bag of nachos. Fabulous.

I'll write some more in the days ahead. Just tired now and needing to go to bed after a very long day.

And We're Off!!

See you in a couple of weeks............ ahh............. sunshine........ swimming....... eating......... reading........ spending time with the one I love...............it's all good.

My Wish for You in 2009

May peace break into your house and may thieves come to steal your debts. May the pockets of your jeans become a magnet of $100 bills. May love stick to your face like Vaseline and may laughter assault your lips! May your clothes smell of success like smoking tires and may happiness slap you across the face and may your tears be that of joy. May the problems you had forget your home address! In simple words . . . May 2009 be the best year of your life!!!

ARRRRRGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I got stuck in someone's driveway tonight for over an hour and had to have the tow truck come and pull me out. Thankfully it was my last client of the evening so I didn't have anyone else on my bus.

I am sooooooooooooo ready for our vacation! I don't ever remember having this much snow or ice, maybe because I never really had to do much driving in it before.

Plans changed so much over Christmas because of weather but it turned out to be okay. Instead of bringing BB over here for 4 days we ended up not going anywhere on Christmas or Boxing day and instead went and cooked dinner over at her house the day after Boxing Day.

The best news in our family this Christmas was the announcement of a baby being born in June to Josh and Gina. What a miracle! After cancer, a bone marrow transplant, and 4 hip operations it didn't look too promising. They are so excited!

2009 looks like a promising year. New employer - same job, new uniform - same bus, new wages - up - it's all good in the hood. Good health and happiness to all.