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Let's Catch Up

Alright, so since I left on thursday, I packed all of my stuff from the house in Fort McMurray, said my goodbyes and travelled down the road. I left a little early on thursday to make time for the travelling that needed to be done.

Friday, Diane and I went to Edmonton for our anniversary. The hotel screwed up my reservations and didn't follow through on the champagne and roses for either friday or saturday. The play itself was good however. All in all, it was a nice, relaxing weekend in a fancy hotel.

Sunday found us back at home and I was pretty lazy, reading comics and watching movies.

Monday I travelled back through FM to camp, in preparation for my new job. With this, however, things again did not go as planned. I was supposed to be moving into the part of camp where I would have my own bathroom. Instead I'm in GenPop (that "general population") until friday after work. Which is fine. Inconvenient, but fine. Tuesday, after orientation, I can't find any one to give me my sign-on paperwork. That is, the info that allows them to pay me for my time. I spent the better part of the afternoon sorting that out, and as I sit filling out the paperwork, they casually tell me things have changed from the original agreement. First, my wage is $6.50/hr less than I was promised. Second, I'm not working 14 days on, 7 off but rather, 10 and 4. The exact shift I was on already. The whole reason I wanted to come back here. I threw my pen down and told them that I was not signing for this. That I did not take a paycut to work the same shift. In the end, after much phoning and deliberation, I got my rate, but the shift is up in the air. I'm not happy about it, but I'm prepared to suffer it for a bit until I get an answer that THIS is the shift and it won't be changing. Then we'll see.

It's good to be back though. Ken and Darwin are still here, as well as Barb (who was always gracious enough to lend me her bathtub), and I work with Marty and Justin again full time. The fox that was hanging out here is gone. No one has seen him since I got back. Perhaps it really was some shadow of me ;)

I'm prepared for Ostara. I've brought everything I need for the ritual. Much more prepared than last year.

posted by September @ 1:18 PM