Discouragement and Disappointment

As I write this, it is about 8am...which is not a normal time for me to be awake, but these last days I have been mostly because I wake up and as soon as my mind turns on it starts trying to put reason into things. As I write this I am also no longer in California, but back on "home" soil in Canada...Abbotsford. And after what we've gone through this past week I was more than grateful to be back in Canada! I love this place! I won't go into all the details of what has happened because it is a long and stupid story. The jist of it is that we were very disappointed that we were lied to regarding our schedules being the same...this promise that our travel company gave us (which was supposed to have come from the unit we were working on) was the only reason that Brad took jobs on the same unit. So when we arrived and found ourselves working almost entirely opposite shifts we were a little mad! So...to get why we are where we are today...an e-mail was sent from us to our manager at the hospital (who is not our employer) where we stated that we were very disappointed in the schedule and that if things couldn't be worked out we would think about leaving. She took this as a resignation...and we found out from our employer that she thought this. Which is not at all what we intended by the e-mail...and even with an apology of the misunderstanding she would not budge on her decision that we had resigned. So there we sat with no jobs and in the middle of the USA with no health coverage. After 3 days of attempting to work on the misunderstanding with the manager there was no hope...and since we don't have time for another contract...our travel company told us just to go home. We have not been in very good spirits and are afraid of what our employer is going to pull out of their hats in terms of us having to pay back the contract. So here is where we sit...caught in the system. We are thankful that we have a faithful God, Brad and I have each other, we have wonderful family and friends who are supporting us through this, and we have a home and jobs back in Saskatoon to go to. So for that we are very grateful.

We did have a very enjoyable two evenings with friends from work back home, Lisa and Jason. It was great for us to have familiar faces and people to bounce the situation off of. We took a trip to San Fransisco and spent some time at the Wharf at the aquarium and watching the sea lions...and then walked across the very long and cold Golden Gate Bridge. It was a nice break from "thinking" all the time.