Another week has passed on the shore of Lake Superior in my hometown. The weather has turned cooler, and while there are still lots of golfers on the courses, I haven't been tempted this week! The markets continued to struggle in the early part of the week, as fears over Ukraine, Hong Kong, Iraq Syria and Ebola caused a sell-off, but finally the strong economic news coming out of the US turned things upward and I managed a green week, although not up to quota. Work continued on bathroom renos and we continued to have surprises that slow the progress. Still, we have managed to pick out all the new equipment, flooring and paint, so another week should see that project finished. Afternoon delivery on the bus continues to be a struggle with the one elementary school. Baseball has moved into the playoffs now, and I'm paying a bit of attention. The Riders showed more promise last night against the first place Stamps, but finally succumbed on a last minute touchdown.
Liam got his first cast this week. They'll recheck after two weeks and determine how to proceed. Otherwise, he continues to enjoy school. Haaken tried out for musical theatre—Grease! He sang Grease Lightning for his tryout. He should hear next week whether he has secured a part. Eric is enjoying his work. This weekend, he is taking the motorcycles to Saskatoon to store them for the winter. Then he's carrying on to Caronport to visit with Liam, and sign the cast. Erica continues to work at the School District in Parksville. This week was spent sorting out the Transportation system. With the closure of about 30% of school capacity and the subsequent reconfiguration of the remaining schools there were more than a few tweaks needed on busing! So, she was able to learn that management is mostly about listening to complaints from customers, and encouraging the people who are actually doing the work! That's quite a good bit of education for any given week!
Erin and Kristian call from time to time. Erin got a new iPhone6, and Kristian has inherited the old iPhone4, although it's not enabled for phone, but just a glorified iPod. Erin is recovering from her cold, but Kristian continues to suffer with his eye infection. He got another round of medication this week, and some kind of promise to upgrade him to a specialist after this round. We sure would like the problem to be cleared up. He had his audiology check up this week; it showed no changes, so that's good.
Trav and Joanna are busy with hockey start up, booking and taking team photos. Trav's team had their first exhibition game today, winning 5-2 and showing encouraging signs. Gemma had some down time this week and missed a day at school. Andrew continues to enjoy learning his multiplication facts!
And that's about enough for this week.
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