It’s another Red Friday today and I’m looking forward to seeing if the CFRA 580 rally on Parliament Hill today makes the evening news here in New Brunswick. It’s already found mention on the front page of Canoe, the Toronto Star, and CBC.ca. Photos from the rally can be found at Autonomous Source.

I wish I could have been there.

If I’d had half a brain this morning, I would have remembered that my new boss (thank goodness she’s much like the odd boss) works out of Ottawa. I could have reminded her about the rally.

Alas, my brain turned to mush and seeped out my ears months ago.

The hubby is off on exercise at CFB Wainright so the only red he’ll be wearing is on the flags velcro’d to the side of his combats. I hope he’s at least got decent weather. I am just too lazy to try and look it up online today.

Good News: Dad is at the top of the list for a bed in the palliative care unit. It’s only an 8 bed unit, so there’s a waiting list to get into it. They work with pain and symptom management. They think there may be a bed available for him to be transferred to the unit sometime this weekend.

Bad News: In order for the bed to be available for dad to move to palliative care, someone else has to leave the unit. There are three ways this could happen. The most obvious is that the patient dies. It’s also possible that if their heath improves, but they’re not well enough to go home, they can be transferred to another wing in the hospital. Finally, a person can go home, freeing up a bed. Let’s keep our fingers and toes crossed that the reason a bed is projected to be available soon is option 2 or 3.

Secrets to share: I have never been to Ottawa. I have travelled throughout the US, Mexico, sections of Europe (Scotland, England, Ireland, Wales, Germany, Spain, France) and Asia (India, Japan, Hong Kong, Phillipines). I’ve even lived in Ontario. I have not once made the trip to my nation’s capital. If I make it to Kingston for Sean and Kim’s wedding, I really should consider taking the drive to Ottawa and wandering around.

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