I realized last night as I watched the English Debate that my mind was absolutely saturated and exhausted. A good night's sleep and slowly I will get back up to 7-8 hours per night but nearly there. However that pales in comparison to the sacrifice of Jesus Christ for sure. Usually this time of year when Edward was still well we would go to all the Services at Church - Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Sunday. I would have liked to have gone to all the Holy Week Services but that was a big chunk out of Edward's day and I appreciated him being with me at the Services that he wanted to attend (he loved the choirs for sure and all the lovely organ music). All of my services are online now and there is a Good Friday Service at Loughborough in Leicestershire this morning which I will attend. My 3x great grandmother Sarah (Cheatle) Welch was baptized at Ashby de la Zouch and her parents were William and Sarah Cheatle. I think William married twice because I match Cheatle descendants in a way that makes me think that way. Perhaps Sarah was the only child of William and Sarah and his next wife was Ann. Not sure but it is a thought. I love the name Cheatle - it is really a stand alone name with all the members pretty much from Leicestershire.
Although I sent out all the material about the possibility of using the burial spots in the two current grandparent graves the one person I wanted to send it to doesn't have email (at least I do not have email for her). Plus she may not even want the information; our conversation was broken up apparently and it just never occurred to me to just call her back again - the mind is too tired. It needs a rest. The exhaustion of the past week has slowed me down and I have given up trying to be effective in a family way. As one approaches 80 it is a lot easier to just give up as I would have been more intent in my younger days to get the message to where it might need to be. I am a cross all the t's and dot the i's person.
Yesterday I worked on the matches for a while but my brain was tired and just needed a rest. That is one thing about having a breakdown in your youth like that. You just always know when your brain has had enough and it is has served me well these past fifty years. I can only do so much and then it just isn't my turn to help out. I did think about calling my sister in law over this weekend but she does have a sister I think and they will be together surely and I would just be interrupting a family time. I do try to avoid ever doing that. My weekend will be a quiet one for sure - my family is always very busy and I do not mind. I want to get back to my work; my writing.
The Debate and I found it electrifying and meaningful. I learned a lot as I sat and listened pretty much to the entire debate until my brain had just had enough and it was almost over anyway. Both the Liberal and the Conservative candidates did very well actually. Having the Bloc leader in this debate is just sort of meat for the thought as one always considers Quebec's opinion to be very important within the Confederation. One knows already my thoughts on the NDP (currently) in Federal politics. They provided a lifeline to the flailing Liberal party and assisted in a huge waste of money that should have just been passed to the provinces to set up dental care, school lunches and a Pharma programme. I am not in favour of these being part of the federal mandate. Health Care belongs to the provinces - if more money is needed increase the Health Tax here in Ontario and set it up in the other provinces/territories if they want). I do have to agree with the Bloc on that point. I found all that setting up of bureaucracy in Ottawa for all of these programs (Pharm Care not yet set up) to be a waste of money when there already exists a program that lets dentists bill OHIP for any damage to teeth caused by accidents (it could have simply been expanded). When my daughter was knocked off her bike by another biker the tooth that was broken was repaired and completely reimbursed by OHIP and that was more than thirty years ago. It was most irritating to listen to and watch that waste of money. At the moment the NDP does not serve a useful purpose in the Federal system. Perhaps they will in the future I have no idea but their activities over the past five years have simply been a problem in my eyes.
So who won the debate? I think once again Mark Carney has shown his debating skill as a private person coming into politics having worked in the government here as Governor of the Bank of Canada (strong minded, calm, direct and clear). The idea of giving the Liberals a fourth mandate is quite over whelming to be honest (I desire to fall back into the protection of the Conservative Party). But I see Pierre Poilievre's role as Opposition Leader and he will be excellent. So long as he keeps on message I believe he will be the restraint that the Liberals need in order to prevent them wasting so much time and money. We need the pipelines and we need shovels in the ground as the spring yields up the fresh earth now unfrozen in my area and soon in the areas in the north. It is fine for François Blanchet to say that the pipeline might not be finished for a couple of years and he just sees a return to the status quo. I think we need to move on as an independent country setting up our trade lines where they most benefit this country (Mark Carney and I believe Pierre Poilievre also have this vision). I love the United States and how they have been so instrumental through my entire life trying to bring peace to the Globe. But it is time to unhook the tethers that we have allowed to grow between us but we should still do trade for sure and also be the adults in the room seeking out trading partners and ridding ourselves of the restrictions between provinces and territories that couple our trade within the country. I like the vision that Mark Carney presents which is not that different from Pierre Poilievre. I hate to say it but I see this as a struggle between an older mature person and an eager younger person. Myself I think Pierre's time as Prime Minister is to come just perhaps not this time. I just wish it was a fiscal conservative winning but we will see what happens. It is like a soap box opera in some ways we just have to wait for the playback and do our best to make Canada the great country it can be. But I have to admit I felt one person was missing from the debate although it would be unusual. I would have liked to have heard the thoughts of the Chief of the First Nations to be honest as more and more of our First Nations peoples become part of the governing body of Canada (including our Governor General). It is with them walking together with the colonials that Canada will reach its greatest heights. I have to say that Mark Carney did refer to the collaboration of the First Nations in so many projects. Life looks good; the polls are making a point and we will see. Off to vote tomorrow. Who will I vote for? There is a such a strong pull in my brain to be honest. I may well make the decision in the polling booth as I am still ambivalent. Mark and Pierre both did very well but experience sways the mind for sure. No matter what is said about earlier outcomes; experience still reigns supreme (that is how one hires people!).
Drinking tea and solitaire puzzles are next.
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