Dear Canada Post Union...

You are really making it hard to like you right now. I would always get excited about picking up the mail... mostly because I order a million things a week... but you just HAD to strike during one of the most important mail deliveries I've been waiting for.

You see, I've been waiting for this particular letter for almost three years now.  It is the response from Immigration Canada regarding my fiance's permanent resident status.  After all of the applications and the waiting... and re-doing lost applications... and more waiting...  I finally got notice that they had reached a decision and would be mailing me that decision earlier this month.

Well, thanks to you, Canada Post Union, my future with the love of my life is currently tied up somewhere in your mail system for an unknown amount of time.  

So, thanks for meddling with other people's lives, for no reason, all because you are unhappy with your employment crap. Here's a good idea... if you are unhappy at your job, QUIT!

Sincerely,
Dana

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If you haven't read my about me page, you might not know that Dustin is a US citizen who has been trying to get his permanent residency here since... forever it seems.  The most frustrating part? He only lived right across the border from me. A couple hour car ride and that's it. We've been waiting on this so he can get a job, we can get married, and we can have a honeymoon somewhere OUTSIDE of Canada.

The other most frustrating part? They give applicants who apply for their PR card from outside of Canada first priority and they are usually able to live here within 2 months from submitting their application.  How does this make any sense? Here we are, a happy in love couple, a guy who WANTS to be able to contribute to the country he's been LIVING in for almost 3 years, yet it takes so long.  I mean, he's already here!  Give him his card dammit!

Of course the strike has to happen at the exact same time we're supposed to hear back. It's almost laughable in a way... like one last kick in the balls to end it right.  Anyways, we still don't even know what the decision is... so please cross your fingers and toes that it's good news and we can stop all of this w a i t i n g . . . .

xo