HUMA

Also know as the House of Commons Standing Committee on Human Resources. Anyhow this was an interesting adventure. I received an e-mail late on a Monday afternoon and was asked to be in Ottawa by 9am that Thursday. Some scrambling took place to get there given the short notice, but luckily I can rely on parents to watch Rachel. Paula and I travelled together by train where we managed to get a lot of work done and had a nice supper in Ottawa with some of the other people who were going to present on Thursday. On the Thursday morning we got lost going to the meeting room but made it on time and we able to present our 7 minute speech. An hour later we were let loose on Ottawa and went shopping at a huge Chapters where Paula bought a number of French books for the girls. It was early to bed that night because we had to catch the train back home at 5:40 the next morning. Not a bad thing and we still got a lot of work done. Would I do it again? Not so sure...maybe I'd fly after all and be gone much less time.