At the cabin we've had a lot of discussions of trimming, fluffing, and waxing. There has already been an accidental sighting of Chris naked, down at the dock. Embarrassment of each of the guys has been accomplished at least once. Last night we had alcoholic coffee and blueberry pie while we all sat around discussing foreign relations and telling ( Read more... )

We arrived at the lake a bit after 3. Everyone else was already here, and after greetings were exchanged we started to plan for the week's meals. Mark, Ping, and I ended up mostly taking over that task, and after figuring out what all we were going to make we conscripted Chris and Jeff into accompanying us to the grocery store ( Read more... )

Tuesday we had leftovers for breakfast (around 11:30). This consisted of noodles with vegetables and fried rice. It was quite tasty, but it's not exactly what I usually think of as breakfast food. After breakfast we headed out for a walk in the park ( Read more... )

I got back to California today. Most of my day was spent in various airports and on planes. Not very exciting. One of the few things I could write about is the horrible children that sat in front of me on the last plane home. But I won't ( Read more... )

The first night in Winnipeg we discovered that there was a bit of a rat problem. We discovered this by folding the sheet down and finding that the bed, under the blanket, was covered with rat droppings. Under the pillows. Between the comforter and the blanket. On the sheet beneath the blanket. Rat droppings. It's a good thing I don't gross ( Read more... )