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01:04 - 24.01.07
Huh???
I keep having really vivid dreams about dragons. They are like the ones that are in the Alice in Wonderland caterpillar sequence - only that is about crocodiles. All colours - translucent and iridescent. They seem to be dancing or posturing in attitudes of bliss. Hmmm.

A call from my pharmacy let me know they had been given permission to refill my prescription. I now have three months to try and work out a time to get in to see my doctor. The prescription basically broke the bank, but at least my health will be protected until spring. My son's passport arrived yesterday, along with a summons for jury duty selection. Does he have to show up. Yes or they'll come and escort you there. His only focus right now is the upcoming trip, although he took time to laugh long and loud at the letter I sent to Elections Canada today. Uppity women - me - might have been what he was enjoying.

You see, the interview they had told me to attend to determine if I was a "suitable" candidate for said position was scheduled for this morning. When appointments are set like that for me, I can usually visualize at least a small portion of the setting long before I arrive at the physical location. I had been trying to do that since I received my package of paperwork for the interview in the mail last week. Each time I looked it was as though there was a huge transparent, but impenetrable, barrier between that place and me. I couldn't even visualize myself in the lobby or arriving at the building. Just one big Stop sign wherever I looked. It was making me crazy. I finally realized that the message was that attending that interview would push me back into the cycle of abuse I consciously rejected when my marriage broke down. I have been working my way out of that reality ever since in a variety of settings haven't I. To willingly and knowingly accept those conditions of treatment again would be giving consent to more of the same. I finally got up around 3 in the morning, after having meditated with my photo of the Dalai Lama for company. I destroyed the paperwork I had completed to be handed in at that interview and then started to write my letter of formal notice. It basically stated that I wasn't willing to validate or consent to being subjected to an illegal process by my presence at a job interview that shouldn't be occurring in the first place. Sent it off at 4 in the am, copied to my Member of Parliament. I also pointed out that I was ready, willing and able to fulfill my duties under the existing agreement set in 2003. Contract law states that consent to change an agreement can't be made under duress - a job interview for a position already awarded to one certainly fits the duress description, doesn't it? Received acknowledgement from the local rep a few hours later with a comment that it had been forwarded to headquarters for review. There was also a call from one of the political parties down east registered on my call display by the end of the afternoon.

After a nap, I started emailing or calling different people in the elections circle to explain what I'd done and why. They were all very pleased and supportive. Some will be adding their own comments to mine in their own circles of communication. What I learned as I talked with one person is that Elections Canada, as is required by law, posted all the names of current Returning Officers in Canada as of last week. My name and a number of the other people whose Electoral Districts were posted as empty, were all included on that list. They posted the wrong occupation for me, but still got the balance of the information correct. Hmmm. Even more interesting is that when I checked my elections email this evening there was a memo to all Returning Officers giving us another assignment. It was my turn to laugh - rather hysterically that is. What is going on with this organization? Maybe tomorrow will bring insight. Right now it's time for my youngest and me to take out the garbage and put the cats to bed. Good night dear diary.

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