It's Happenin'

According to Life After the Oil Crash, the shit is really hitting the fan in Europe. Spain gas stations are shutting down because drivers are blocking major roads all over. Super markets and gas stations are closing all over the UK because of a petrol drivers strike with gas expected to DOUBLE over the weekend. In the Phillipines there is a major drivers strike going on in which people are getting killed. All of this over the illusionary price of gas.

In Coquille, Oregon, folks have been meeting about possible food shortages and how to become self sustaining. You see, the Food Bank at Myrtle Point that some people depend on has closed down because it is an "end of the line" station, and therefore is not getting food to help folks sustain themselves. Therefore, the community is organizing and working on growing food so folks can eat because they will be one of the first hit...well they already are with the closure of their Food Bank.

Work, on the other hand, is completely insane. Had I not been mentally prepared for this crazy crap, I think I would be looking for another job right now. Their is a CNA shortage, and it is being felt at where I work. Most (including one of my class mates on her third day), work DOUBLES (that's 16 hours, or two shifts straight). Me...I haven't really been oriented that well, but they give me light sets, today giving me two more folks to take care of (9 altogether). Like I said, though...I've been mentally prepared for this.

Other than that, life is going pretty well. I mean work is not really a problem. I just look at it like I will be leaving sometime shortly after two (no last break today). I do my best to help out my residents and all residents when I can, even doing work for other CNA's and trying to keep up on my shit.

The Canadian PM has apologized to the Indians up there for the genocide enacted against those folks. Not enough in my opinion, but it is a toe hold. From the toe, reach for the knee, then the groin..., across the belly to the chest, and soon you are at the throat.