metawidget | It's really September

My whole reading page is full of people with respiratory stuff, including catching up on years of cold all at once. I hope you all get better soon and also don't breathe on me.

September is on us; the peer camping was a bit smaller than anticipated. One of our number got eaten by family stuff, another is a humanitarian worker and got dispatched to Edmonton to catch people evacuated from Yellowknife and area. Canoeing to the campsite was easier than I was expecting, and canoes can carry a lot of stuff. We three of us who made it spent all of Saturday doing nothing pretty hard, talking, tending the fire (it was chilly) and basically disconnecting. It makes me want to do it again!

Labour Day weekend we went to visit my parents Saturday and Sunday; it was short as recent visits tend to be and we didn't manage to do much visiting elsewhere in the area but we did get to explore the town garage sale and do our usual sitting around and catching up. Labour Day proper I took the kids to the parade in Ottawa. It was very hot which I think kept some of the people I usually catch up with home, but it was still a fun activity — the little ones got balloon animals, everyone got the barbecue lunch and we did loose bikes with one grownup supervising pretty well there and back.

I've got a bunch of teaching (technical and Positive Space) and writing (same) coming up, and I'm also trying to wrangle work for my team. It's busy! Union meetings the next couple of Fridays and this Saturday. Trying to decide what else I can take on or punt, and a bit down on the level of interest for Positive Space, but if I push some offerings back I can widen the net a bit. I feel like a few of my union people are a bit worn and I might lose some volunteers soon, might have to start reducing expectations or trying to develop some new people...