Yesterday

I really didn't feel like posting yesterday. It just didn't occur to me as my mind was wandering from the contract talks to auditions and if we were going to have enough people to fill out the roles of the show My Honey wants to do. It's a show for the Gaslight Teens and it's going to be a festival piece. A competition show.

The Theatre hasn't had a show in this competition in about ten years now and this one will be a great show! It's funny! Well the auditions rolled around and by the skin of our teeth we made it! We've got enough teens to make a show of it! That was a massive relief!

The other big deal that had me on pins and needles all day was the contract talks at work. I heard from the grapevine last night that moneywise this is a fair deal, very reasonable and good for us. The con is that the insurance has become a jumbled mess now. As it was explained to me it's pretty confusing. That might be enough to make a lot of people vote in a bad way. 


However when you put it into perspective it lays out like this:
1. This economy sucks and won't pick up until you know who is Out of office.

2. We are fortunate to have a job in today's world let alone a good job, sometimes you have to put up with the bad like this to get in on the good. Yeah maybe the insurance isn't what we wanted but the money is good and it's a good place to work. They are tripling the amount they are contributing to the pension and the cost of living raises are about what we've gotten every year. I can live with the bad and bite my tongue for three years to keep from winding up in the ditch which brings me to the third point.

3. I'm not striking anymore. If the choice is a jumbled mess of a plan and a strike, then I'll figure out the jumbled mess of a plan. My vote counts for two thirds more than a vote to strike. It's not based on simple majority, oh no, a strike has to pass by two thirds. A "No" on the strike vote carries more weight.

I think yesterday worked out fine after all.