What is it about this morning that has given me a huge case of the blahs??

Could it be the fact that it was still dark at 8am this morning???  I don’t like the delay in changing our clocks!!….at least not at this end of the deal.

Maybe it is also because I just booked an appointment to have my snow tires installed – now that IS depressing – not only because of the very thought of snow and winter – but these are brand new snow tires – and oooohhhh – the cost!! – certainly more than I was expecting!

Am I subconsciously depressed at the thought of biweekly garbage collection?  Actually, I get somewhat depressed (or angry) when I think of just about anything related to our municipal government and how our fair city is managed……so no, I don’t think it’s the garbage nonsense.

When I read in this morning’s paper that our City contracts to Quebec truck drivers to handle snow removal while Ottawa truck drivers are looking for work – I saw RED.  What a hypocrite is our Mr. Watson.  He wants a casino in downtown Ottawa to keep the gambling money from going to Quebec, yet his own organization is handing out contracts to Quebec trucking companies.  There is something wrong with this picture – but then, the picture has always been hung slightly off-kilter on the wall!!

For sure, I’m really angry about there being no NHL hockey.  There isn’t much else to watch on television these days.  I blame the players and the owners (well, at least the 6 or 7 team owners that form part of Bettman’s pack) equally.  The fans and the other service providers who support the teams don’t seem to matter.  The very small-market teams most of this argument seems to be about are going to go under all on their own – because of the lockout.  If there isn’t sufficient interest when there are games to be watched – the powers that be surely can’t be silly enough to think that interest will grow if there is no hockey at all!!

Good thing I’m going out to play bridge today – that will be fun and will lift me out of this fog I’m in.  Thank goodness for friends.  There is NOTHING about my group of friends that makes me feel down – in fact thinking of some of them is enough to make me smile, and maybe even chuckle.  There!  That’s done it.  I feel better already.  Onwards!

When is the last time you called or wrote to your City Councillor or the Mayor?  Your MPP?  Your MP?  Do you even know who they are?

So many of us have opinions on all sorts of things and we freely express them to our friends and neighbours – but just what do you think these friends or neighbours can or will do about any of it?  Wouldn’t it be more productive to provide your thoughts and input to the people who are in a position to do something?  You voted for them to represent you – they can’t do that if they are left trying to be mind-readers – or worse – to hear input from only the tree-hugger types who adopt “a cause” just for sake of having “a cause”.

GET INVOLVED!  I call it EARNING THE RIGHT TO WHINE!  Just think – you could actually make a difference!!  Contacting any of these people is easy by email.  Know that your input IS important and your opinions ARE valid.  Make them heard!!