Since I last wrote, Erin came down with the same thing that William had. William is getting significantly better - in fact, I think he’s probably all the way better now - he was so improved last night. Erin’s stuffy and sick, but at least she knows how to blow her own nose.

The Grey Cup was a decent game - very strange, in that almost all the points were scored in the second quarter. The Cahoon catch was a sight to behold, and I’m sure had more than a few people out of their seats cheering. I had a hard time deciding who I was cheering for, since I don’t really like either of those teams - though some players on each team are deserving of respect.

I’m trying out a “new” browser - Mozilla Firebird. It’s Basically Mozilla, except geared for speed. It’s taking some time to get all my passwords moved over, but once I’m done that, I expect I’ll leave the Mozilla suite behind me, in favour of this lightweight browser. It’s got some rough edges, but overall, I like it better already.

Simpson’s quote of the day: “I’m cold and there are wolves after me…” - Grandpa Simpson

William hasn’t been feeling well. He’s got some sort of viral thing that is making his nose run, and generally making it hard for him to breathe. The end result is that he’s sleeping really poorly, which means that Erin is up with him for most of the night, which makes her quite tired.

So, to cut it short, if anyone out there was thinking of calling during the day, I’d recommend that you hold off until next week - chances are good that you’ll catch them napping, and William will wake up screaming.

I feel bad, letting Erin stay up with him while I sleep, but we all know that I’m completely useless unless I get sleep. The flipside though, is that on the weekend, I can take over, and Erin can get some much needed sleep/rest.

Hopefully William will get over this thing soon - the doctor said it’s nothing to worry about, and just to let it run it’s course. Until he gets over it though, he’s not having much fun at all.

Simpson’s quote of the day: “Is he well enough for me to start mothering him unbearably, doctor?” - Marge

I’m moving to a new office.

Granted, it’s just across the hall - within spitting distance even - but it’s a new office. The big bonus is that it has windows. Two of them. They look outside even.

I don’t know how I’m going to deal with all the natural light that I’ll be getting. My healthy white pallor might get washed out :-)

Simpson’s quote of the day: “One last question: have you ever seen the sun set… at three p.m.?” - Mr. Burns

For some reason, I’m inordinately excited for the football game(s) this weekend. I’m expecting good football, no matter the outcome. I’d better get it too.

My grandma is/was in town this week - I think she’s going to Battleford at some point today, and will be back at some point next week. Anyway, so Erin and William went to my parents place yesterday afternoon, and made a really good minestrone for supper. I joined them after work. I took the bus home, got changed, then took the bus over there. I rode the same bus that I used to take to elementary school - it was kind of strange. On the plus side, they haven’t changed the route in the intervening 14 years, so I didn’t get lost or confused even once.

Overall, I’m looking forward to a relaxing weekend, followed by work on Monday, and Remembrance Day on Tuesday. Having a day off in the middle of a week is something that I enjoy. I treat it as an extra weekend, and two short weeks.

Why is it that 16 weeks sounds shorter than 4 months and 112 days?

Simpson’s quote of the day: “Oh please, for a nickel-a-person tax increase we could build a theatre for shadow puppets.” - Lindsey Nagle

The election was tight, the NDP came out on top, though only barely. The Liberals were hurt as much by the NDP’s negative campaign as the Sask Party - I think that a lot of people who would have voted Liberal otherwise were scared by the NDP into voting NDP or risk the Sask party winning. It’s kind of sad, seeing as from what I saw of the election information, the Liberals were the only ones who had a platform, and ran a clean campaign (I won’t count the Green Party ;-)). Guess that’s the way of politics though.

Now I’m going to be controversial.

I wear a shirt and tie to work every day (pants too.) When I first got this job, I didn’t care for the dress code overly much. After having been here for three and a half years, I have found myself being in favour of the dress code.

Here’s where the controversy comes in. Our Mayor attempted to institute a policy where anyone coming to see him in his office would have to wear a tie/business attire. There was a great hue and cry from everyone that this was discriminatory. The idea was to provide such attire for anyone who didn’t have it on the way in the door. I’m not 100% against the policy. Seriously. If I were to walk into someones office wearing shorts and a Tshirt, while they were in a finely tailored suit, I’m at a disadvantage.

Our Mayor, say what you will about him, dresses well. That’s to be expected of someone who has been in the menswear business as long as he has been.

I don’t think the policy was in place to discriminate, which is what some of its opponents seem to think. The purpose was to return respectability to the office of Mayor. Six times as many people voted for him than voted directly for the premier of the province, and yet there’s an inherent lack of respect for the office, as evidenced by people showing up in his office wearing shorts and flipflops.

All that said, rescinding the policy was the correct move. The people spoke, and the Mayor listened. If only all government officials were so accommodating. If I were to have a meeting with the Mayor though, I’d put on a suit anyway - even though I know it wouldn’t be as nice a suit as the Mayor’s, just to be on an even footing right off the bat.

Simpson’s quote of the day: “Curse you, magic beans!” - Homer

I’m seemingly getting back into the swing of posting regularly. I’m not sure why that is though. If you’ve not been visiting regularly, I posted a picture of William in his Halloween costume on Friday. Since Erin hasn’t posted any in several weeks <digs elbow into ribs>, I thought I would mention it.

The problem is that I keep thinking of things to post, then completely draw a blank by the time I get around to posting. I’m sure I’ll get back into the swing of it eventually, but for the time being, expect some bad/boring posts - kinda like this one.

Oh, and if you’re living in Saskatchewan, don’t forget to vote today.

Simpson’s quote of the day: “Don’t blame me - I voted for Kodos.” - Homer

Apparently, some bored Simpson’s fan created Tomacco. Real live tomacco. Nicotine containing tomatoes. Very strange.

Dave Clark breezed through town yesterday - he had a 90 minute layover at the bus depot downtown, so he stopped in at the office to say hi. It was good to see him - I think the last time I saw him was at the CFFL draft this past spring. The visit was pretty short though. Sounds like he’s enjoying his new job with the RCMP and all that.

Simpson’s quote of the day: “Holy Moses, it *does* taste like grandma!” - Chief Wiggum