News - August 14th

Here's a very brief update, since I've noticed it's been a while since the last one.

Wedding plans are coming along quickly, which is good since now the big day is only 55 days away. I wouldn't necessarily say the remaining details are minor, but they're manageable. I'm going up to North Bay tomorrow for a week to do some plans and things like that up there. Which ought to be pretty cool. Invitations went out in the mail, so if you got one then please send your RSVP very soon! And remember that everyone will be more than welcome at the ceremony. We just have a bit of tight-numbers-itis we have to nail down.

Today's my last day of work. I've been enjoying the students more and more this week and so it's bittersweet, but still mostly in a sweet way. I'm pretty tired and I could use the time to really focus on some other things. I'm glad I got to do some teaching this summer because I think it's helped get me in better headspace for working this fall. I got a bit of a psychological head-start on some of the new teacher panics this way. It's going to be a slow day today probably, but that's alright. They'll be tired out from yesterday anyway.

Plans for the UK are coming together. I will confess to being thrown for a bit of a loop the more I hear about the rioting in London. I still haven't managed to touch base with my consultant about his recommendations, but I'm also cautious about taking these riots more seriously than they ought. It's a G20 and Vancouver hockey riot thing all over again. There was an issue at least at the start, but now it's about watching the world burn. Between the royal wedding, the olympics next summer and this, London's been pretty far in the forefront of the global media consciousness, so I'm not surprised if some people are looking at that as a convenient stage for some anarchic nonsense. The police will shut it down quite swiftly and historians will grumble about whether or not the government went too far just like they do here today about Trudeau and the FLQ. This is how democracies respond to terror and intimidation and violence in their countries. And history shows it works.
Notwithstanding, it'll be worth talking to the consultant and our families about so we can all still feel OK booking a flight there in 2 months.

And...that's about it. Keep your stick on the ice