Fence Building

Another week has passed, and we have shifted to the shore of the North Saskatchewan River in the parkland of Saskatchewan. We're visiting with Eric and Erica, but as misfortune would have it, we're really only visiting with Erica. Eric was supposed to be away to Montana for a conference related to his counselling work. However... insanity prevailed! First off, the USA border patrol decided his trip to that conference was not valuable enough to be allowed; his entrance to the USA was refused. So, he reluctantly turned around to head home—but not so fast there young man! You're coming back from the USA, and our rules require that you access our app, and establish your safety plan when you're returning from a foreign country that has high covid levels! Wait, What?! Yes, I kid you not. Eric was found in violation of our entrance requirements for the sin of never leaving! And his penalty—14 day quarantine! So, he's sitting upstairs in his room while we visit and work with Erica. In addition, we're building a front fence across their yard. We pretty much got that built today.

Stopping to reconsider the plan!

Erica and Wendy hard at it!

The markets had another down week, and all indices are down over 1% for the month. I had a better week as Monday was my only red day, but two of my holdings stopped out. Anyway, I'm a long way from quota this month. Covid continues to rampage on the prairies and both Saskatchewan and Alberta have filled their ICUs with covid patients and are unable to use them as intended. All organ transplants have been cancelled, and some triaging is occurring due to the the shortfall of beds. USA passed a grim milestone as they've now lost more to Covid-19 than they did to the Spanish Flu 100 years ago. In the world of college football, all my teams won, although Sooners required a last second FG to accomplish it! Texas had a blow-out win, and Oklahoma State won comfortably. The Blue Jays bats had a cold week, but they're still hanging on and with a series against the Yankees remaining, it seems their fate is in their own hands—but they have to win! The Riders scored two TDs in the final 2 seconds of the game, so it was much closer than the score reflects. First, they ran a QB sneak to score, and the convert made it a one point lead. Then, on the ensuing kick-off, it seem BC was too busy worrying about all their laterals they'd need to make to run it back for a TD, and they forgot to protect the ball, so Riders scooped it up and scored again! 

You've already heard about the perils of Eric. So, while he's sidelined with his own border issues, Erica brought in some undocumented workers to build their front fence! We're making good progress! We're enjoying spending time with them, even if Eric remains quarantined. 

Still have to cut to height

Erin and Kristian are doing fine. Kristian had a PD day on Friday, and I wish I could have been there to go golfing. We enjoyed a golf outing last Sunday as part of his birthday celebrations. 

16th Birthday-He drove the cart!

Travis enjoyed a trip to the Big Apple for a AEW event.

Central Park

He particularly enjoyed getting to see Central Park, along with some other special sights. His journey home was more than a little eventful, but after sprinting the airport in Toronto, he managed to catch his connecting flight home on Friday night! His luggage will catch up to him later! 

And that's about enough for this week.