Crisis!

Okay, nothing truly serious is going on, but it's been eating me up the past couple weeks and I need input, and pronto, I have to make a decision in the next couple days. So, my naive hopes of actually getting the job at the NC aquarium were dashed last week when I received the standard rejection letter from them. But, on the heels of that, I have been offered the job of assistant manager at the Project Puffin Visitor Center. This would mean going to Maine for about the same amount of time, just working at the Center, talking to people and also setting up interpretive programs and such for them. All in all, it's not a bad offer. It doesn't pay much (non-profit!), and it doesn't come with the excitement of last year, nor does it mean I've actually moved out of my parent's house. I have reservations about it, feeling that it's just doesn't seem like the right decision. But, at the same time, nothing else is happening and I might as well be making money while I still work on finding the next job. And this different position won't hurt my resume, since I'll be creating some educational programs from scratch at a sort of pilot project for Audubon, as well as being able to say that I have experience with supervising others. But, then again it's at the same place as my last job, which makes me feel like it's the safe choice and I wouldn't be taking the risk I need to. And, obviously my other option is to hold out and wait for another opportunity to present itself.

I've been going back and forth over this, so, much like Sarah, I just need some thoughts on it to help give me a push in one direction or another. In the meantime, I'm going to sign up to do some substitute teaching, as scary as that sounds. I want to update more, but right now this is the only thing I can think of. PLEASE TELL ME YOUR THOUGHTS!!! SOON!!!

ME!

After responding rather passionately to Dave's oil debate post, I thought I should probably write something on here about what's up with me. I actually have news!! Today I had a job interview with the hospital in New Westminster for a pharmacy tech job for the summer and subsequent summers after that. The two interviewers left me with the impression that if I want it, it's mine. I am waiting, however, because I have an interview in two weeks with the hospital in Burnaby, which is about 7 blocks from my house and would be preferred, but we'll see. I've heard they may not be offering full-time and that's really what I'm looking for.

So that's my news! I'm breaking into new pharmacy terrain and I'm excited! The downside is, I will have to be available to work casually for the hospital, which mean I'm probably going to have to quit one of my Shoppers jobs :( This is a major dilemma for me because I become quite loyal to my employers (you may remember when I had to quit the part-time Save On Foods pharmacy for the full-time Shoppers in Nanaimo and I was quite conflicted about it). So we'll see. On the one hand, Shoppers at UBC is incredibly convenient for me since it's on campus and I can go right after class AND my boss there has just given me a HUGE raise. However, Shoppers at VGH opens a new door into clinical pharmacy where I might be able to do IV bag prep AND am going to be able to get involved with clinics (such as the upcoming Cholesterol clinic that I will be helping present). So I'm not sure which I would choose if it came down to it. But who knows, I might not have to choose at all - that's what I'm hoping for ;) The path of least resistence!

Anyway, that's all for now. I should be working on my methadone case for our pharmacy case-based learning. VERY interesting! Mother is 15 weeks pregnant, on methadone maintenance, wants to stop cold turkey because she thinks it will be better for the fetus, what should she do?? I'm learning a tonne about methadone therapy which is tres cool.

Anyhoo, back at it!

Global Warming/Climate Change

Wow it's cold. Wow it's hot. Wow this planet is really starting to get effed up!

So my online course deals with climate change (versus global warming, considering it's not warm in the winter) and it poses a lot of questions, mainly economic mixed with environmental issues. I figured I'd throw out a question considering that Alberta has just discovered a rich deposit of oil sands that could bring MEGA MOOLA to the province and could also reduce the amount of oil imported by the US from Saudi Arabia. Bush says he wants to connect more pipes leading from Canada to the US. He wants to cut off x amount of oil imports from Saudi Arabia and supplement that with Alberta oil.

However, Alberta refineries are using coal to fuel their production, whereas Saudi Arabia is using fossil fuels and only some coal for their production. Coal emits a lot more carbon into the atmosphere and that is cause problems, to say the least.

So, the question is, should Canada, namely Alberta, sacrifice major economic gains and political agendas so the environment isn't further harmed, or is there a breaking point where the almighty buck is just too good to give up?