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| I Know How These Guys Feel |
It’s amazing how much can get done if we just sit down and talk about issues. Their old tactics were to simply state something was unacceptable and refuse to talk about it. Since the last bargaining session they’ve adopted a new way of dealing with management. A lot of it has to do with the change of the business agent. In less than ten minutes we were able to iron out any differences and reach a mutual agreement.
I wish the politicians in Washington would
figure out how to do this. They’ve
painted themselves into a corner and seem to be playing chicken with all of our
futures; seeing who will be the first the blink. It’s not important who can declare they won
if they send us into another economic spiral.
It’s time for the real leaders (if there are any left in D.C.) to stand
up.
I had yet another date with the doctor
yesterday. She inspected the ear and
said only half of the skin graft had taken.
Her next task was to trim away the part that had not. She did this by exploratory scissors; cutting
until I could feel it. It was an interesting
if mildly painful way of clearing away the dead skin. It looks like I’ll have this damned ear
bandage on for at least another couple of weeks. At least the cancer is gone although I’m
beginning to feel a little like Vincent VG.
Maybe I should try sketching.
My wife and I decided to stay home last
night. We’re both recovering from the
frantic holiday efforts. This is really
the first time we’ve been able to sit back and rest. My wife has been preparing the house for the
arrival of her sister and assorted other Panamanians next week so she’s
exhausted. As I took the rubbish down to
the curb last night I surveyed the bottles to be recycled. We had at least triple the normal amount – a very
good Christmas, indeed.
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| Evidence of Christmas Cheer |
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