Winding down

I'm beginning to be ready for our trip to California. I coached my last session of the season last night. The boys will have one more practice with the other coach before the Provincial Finals. I said my goodbyes and wished them luck. They should do well. They are a very talented and motivated group.

Today, I'm tidying up work loose ends. I'm also fighting acute separation anxiety. I don't think I've been away from Jane for more than one night since she joined the menage. We have someone staying in the apartment while we are away but she is funny with strangers and, while she may have a surrogate monkey, I shall be catless. This disturbs me.

More photos from last Saturday

One of the parents took a bunch of photos with a much better camera than ours. Here are three samples. There are 51 pictures in the Flickr set.

AUG_0181, originally uploaded by jgilks@rogers.com.

AUG_0217, originally uploaded by jgilks@rogers.com.

AUG_0188, originally uploaded by jgilks@rogers.com.

Memento Mori

You know you have reached a certain age when a significant proportion of the prizes and bursaries in your old university department are offered "In Memoriam" for people who taught you.