I ran my third half-marathon of the year on September 12, and had a good run, with a time of 2:08:00, my best of the year though not what I was hoping for. Made some mistakes during the race and in the couple of days preceding, but not complaining. It was a good fun run, and a good time to see a lot of friends that I only get to see once or twice a year. Good weather for the race, unlike in P.A., the temperature stayed cool, and the wind didn't kick up until almost all the half-marathoners were finished. Now looking ahead to the Sask Ultra Relay in October. Should be fun.

Finally I am getting a new posting up. It has been a long time coming through this crazy busy summer. Took several weeks off from the computer almost completely through the summer; it was much needed. I was more burned out than I thought I was. A short, intense and stressful summer, worrying about Mom and trying to get the house on the farm into some semblance of readiness to live in. Keeping up with my running was a lot of work but very productive and a great stress reliever. Trying to make my garden grow in all the rain and cool weather was good for lots of laughs.

Mom will be 99 in early October and her health is not good but her attitude is awesome. She is very ready to die and go home to be with her saviour, but at the same time she keeps right on fighting the good fight and is so incredibly cheerful all the time.

The house of the farm is coming along slowly. I have the subfloors all done except for some touchup stuff and a last bit of drywalling, taping and mudding to do. Then the flooring guy can come in and do his thing: he is waiting for me. Ah........ there just aren't enough hours in the day or days in the week.

Still, it is good that school has started again. I am really excited about my classes this year. Psychology 30 and Native Studies 30 will both be my 3 time through the courses and I feel that I am starting to get a real handle on them, also starting to do a fair bit of rewriting of the curriculum to meet new research and/or changing times and events. Energy and Mines 10 and Math 10A both look to be a lot of fun, and it is definitely good to be teaching math again.