Another week has ended with extremely frigid weather on the shore of Lake Wascana in the middle of the prairie. March has clearly come in as a lion, so we look forward to lamb-like weather, and hope it will arrive soon. The Olympics ended wonderfully for us as our men won the hockey gold with spectacular defensive play allowing only three goals in six games. Today, our national curling championship has started, so I'll be tuned in to the Brier all week long. I will follow my sentimental favourites in Sask and the NWT, but I'm picking Kevin Koe to win it all, with Jeff Stoughton right in there as co-favourite, and I have to give a nod to John Morris and his new BC team, since they got to the Olympic trials final. The markets have shown recovery in February with all indexes in the green for the month, and only the DOW remaining in the red for the year to date. I've been blessed with another good week and end the month above quota so far this year. Wendy has had further consultations about her arthritic fingers; other possibilities are being entertained, and we are hopeful that improvement will be obtained. Bus driving continues to go well, and with the arrival of March, I am reminded that only a few days remain in this sojourn in Regina. Dave left last weekend for a holiday trip to BC; he is currently on Vancouver Island. Dad has obtained a new walker and is practising getting around the house with it. Rich and Sue are coming back from Zambia into this deep freeze—sorry about that!
Eric/A and the boys are entertaining Uncle Dave this weekend. Last night Erica enjoyed a bit of RnR with a trip the spa. Today they're off to Port Alberni where Liam is in a hockey playoff—go Liam! Haaken enjoyed the local production of Mamma Mia! He demonstrated his enjoyment of ABBA and threw in a few dance moves as well—go Haaken! Eric had a performance review to mark the completion of his probation; it was positive. He continues to work on his case load, building the case for funding for another year, and writing articles for the organization.
Kristian is suffering with symptoms of a urinary tract infection and is on antibiotics; we hope he feels well soon. Erin continues to balance work with the demands of home and Kristian's homework. They completed a book project this week—I hope she gets a good grade!
Travis & Joanna remain very busy with work, but hockey season is drawing to a close in Thunder Bay, so the Puckshots work should ease soon. They are suffering under a very snowy winter there, and looking forward to Spring which can't come soon enough! Under an extended polar vortex, even Lake Superior is mostly ice-covered.
And that's about enough for one week.
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