hey Mr. Postman

I know everyone has been through this: waiting for that elusive piece of mail that seems content to take its sweet time travelling. I just wish that Mr. Postman would bring me some good news soon. I know intellectually that he is 'just the messenger', and the decision is with the schools, but still, he is the one I can see coming by at 1pm everyday. Think I can bribe him with something? A new courier bag, perhaps? COME ON! I don't want to wait anymore.

bump

Today wasn't going to be great anyway. The first thing on my agenda is a funeral for a veteran would worked with the Air Cadets since I was one myself. He passed away in Scotland on Christmas Day, and the service was held today. Many, many people flew in, and the church was filled.

However, getting there was a bit of an adventure. First, the urban designer who named Brock St. and Brock Road 6km away should seriously have his lunch stolen during recess. (note: I wasn't driving). So the detour in Pickering en route to Whitby would not be so bad, except while pulling out of a left turn lane at the lights (I know you are not suppose to do that either), the car behind smashed into the passenger side. It wasn't serious, no one got hurt, and it really happened too fast for me to be surprised or scared (I was in the passenger side). We got to the funeral 35 mins late. (sigh)

Mr. Dan Dillon, rest in peace.

Chateau Cartier

Have you ever been there? The one in Alymer, Quebec? Me neither. But I'm going, on Feb 27 - March 2. On a whim, I decided to check my email getting home from going out with the staff after cadets, around 1:00am. And I got an email inviting me to the Matching Process at Chateau Cartier for the final phase of the Management Trainee Program selection, where I and 50 other candidates get interviewed by the hiring agencies. We are competing for about 30 spots, and, to help you put it in perspective, there were around 2000 applications. So I'm actually a little surprised to get this far, especially since I didn't think I did particularly well on the second assessment phase. Anyway, it is highly exciting. Too bad it's too late to jump and dance around. I'll do it first thing in the morning. ;)