Not Really Missing In Action

OK, so I know that postings have been a little bit sparse of late. I can only claim fatigue, and beg for patience. Last Saturday was the last day for the of the season at Creeler’s, until it re-opens in March. On Monday I started a new job, at the Hilton. Now that sounds like a pretty top end hotel for this working class stiff to be working at, but it’s not… it’s not even a hotel. The Residential Care Home in Broadford is named the Hilton Residential Home. So yes, I’m working at an assisted care facility, or nursing home to use the old, non-pc term for it. The similarities with the more famous hotel of the same name don’t end with the name however, as it is a top notch operation, and given monetary constraints, it is a very good place, with wonderful residents, and a very caring and professional staff. At any rate, I work there about 40 hours a week, but bounce back and forth between working day shift and working evening shift on an every other day pattern. It can be a little exhausting, an will take a bit of getting used to. Long term viability of maintaining this job? Well, I will likely be leaving it when the restaurant re-opens. In fact, there is another job for which I’ve been interviewed looming on the horizon, but as little said about that for now the better, as they are still considering among various people, and it’s far from in the bag.

Anyway, I’ll have more postings, and more interesting ones coming in the next few days, so just bear with me, though I will add this little rant that I wrote a few days ago.

I’m looking forward with great anticipation to the inauguration of Barack Obama. Really it’s all that comes after that really has me smiling. I know it’s naïve, and probably I’ll be disappointed in what happens, or doesn’t happen, but I can’t help but smile thinking ahead to it. There seems to be an air of hopefulness to it all. It has less to do, I think, with the fact that he’s replacing one of the most, if not THE most unpopular Presidents in history than it signalling a change in the political and social culture of the United States. The hope that there is something noble we can aspire to, that we can come together in cooperation rather than continuing to be rest apart by distrust, fear, and cynicism.

In some ways the idea of it all transcends the person. I doubt I’m unique in that for a long time I’ve believed that the problems we face, as a member of the Human race, are deep, complex. myriad, and solvable. I’ve wondered at the possibility of leadership ever coming around that could inspire and motivate us to push aside what are in fact minor differences in the face of those challenges, and work together to create the solutions. Not that they will be easy, rather I fully expect that there will be tough choices, and plenty of sacrifice involved. Sacrifice not just for the other guy, but sacrifice for me and for you.