Main story. Immigration finally sent through the last of the paperwork allowing Kerri to start work at the Children's hospital. It's taken close to 5 months for the local authorities finish stuffing around. Needless to say, Kerri's pretty happy and relieved, as am I. Wouldn't it be great if we could back charge them for lost income due the their incompetence? It can only happen in the public sector.
Local News. As of Saturday, I'm now officially licensed to drive like a maniac like the rest of the Albertans. I passed my Alberta test which, from my observations, allows you to drive 30-40kms above the speed limit, as close to the car in front, dodging around traffic as radically as possible.
Sports news. The Rugby World Cup is finally over. (Not that I really care). After the English and the French upset the Wallabies and All Blacks, the Semi finals ended up slightly off the expected. The Spring Boks took care of Argentina as expected, but the upset was the English over the French. Everyone saw that one coming about as much as the previous week. Fortunately, sanity prevailed this week with the Boks cleaning out the English in the final. In the repechage final, the Argies did the French in for the second time in the tournament. Order is now restored to some extent. Bring on the new round of rule changes next year!
The Weather. After a couple of weeks of great autumn weather, sunny in the high teens, things have taken a turn for the cold. It was -5 when we woke up this morning. The forecast is for 2 or 3 more nice days before the temps drop a notch. They're forecasting highs of only +5 and lows of -4. Winter is on its way for good (or bad??) this time. No snow for now (other than that short burst for a couple of hours in September), but it won't be long.
