Almost a month

I was elected President of the local of my Union. This occurred about a month ago. quiet to start but it is now eventful.

I have some courses at the end of the month, can't come fast enough. i have had a lot of one on ones with the Director. This is to the chagrin of the VP of the local. There are some people that have been burnt by management before who suggest no one on ones.  As it stands right now, the knives are out right now when I have one on ones with member, not the management.

Yesterday we had a Union Management meeting - nothing was said by management that wasn't said in the one on ones.

Today, someone started a rumour that I was taking credit for a policy that was changed. When I asked who said this, the allegator was protected. If you don't want to sign your name to it, don't say it.

The Director was saved by the union late today when one of his managers did a mass email dump of an info email. My Executive advised me to let him know. He was not happy.

But i am starting to roll with the punches. It is kind of good. The Fire Department may suffer though, I think I am taking a break for awhile. All the courses for the Union and then a new directive to re-take all the courses at the FD ....I will have no life.

Headed to Fort MacMurray in a couple of weeks for a casino.This will be fun. I am going to see what pictures I can take. Hope I don't get arrested for taking pictures - I promise I won't play any Neil Young.

I think that Windows 8 will never be introduced into an office environment unless it is castrated and made to look like Windows 7. The Charm Bar moving in all the time and freezing the screen is really fricken annoying.

Headed to The Druid with my son tonight, two weeks in a row. Working overtime this weekend. I have a goal to pay off a loan this year. Well it should be paid off anyway, but I am aiming to pay it off by May.

My son wants to go to Mardi Gras now, but next year. I am thinking of taking 5 weeks off again. Go visit Chicago and Memphis as well as New Orleans. Not sure where else I will go. Florida may be out of the question, too wacky.

I have had a hacking cough all week, I am sure it is a flu trying to set in, but I am fighting it.

Second blog update on the new computer...not too painful. But I still prefer the little Apple keyboard and the ipad.