Whew! I need...

a holiday! It's been at least 8 weeks. Time for a holiday! We just started our fall holiday today. I'll have to hand it to the French, they sure know when it's time for a break. Jean-Loup's been going to the swimming pool every week for lessons with the school. After Santa Claus comes, it's the green groups turn. Annouck is having some trouble concentrating at school sometimes, so the teachers have offered some special classes for the younger students in her class. Jean-Loup benefits too, since it'd be inconvenient to have to come to school twice to pick up the kids. It's a good thing they like school...until it's holiday time! Yippee. Now if the weather will just hold, and I can keep from getting sick, we might just have a good time. PS. I'm not completely off, I still have my individual classes scheduled, but the University courses have holidays. Get to grading those essays!

The Race!...and the aftermath.

Today's Comic
This comic seems appropriate for yesterday...to a point. Yesterday I had an orienteering race at Merlin's tomb. You all know Merlin, the wizard in King Arthur. I should have known better. An enchanted forest, what was I thinking? I'm sure my map had a spell cast upon it. I'd look down, and I'm sure Merlin had moved the control placement on my map...why else would I be heading the wrong direction? It's the only logical explanation. I did manage to escape the forest, which apparently made Merlin mad, since he cursed me with a reoccurrence of the gout attack I had on Friday. Probably due to dehydration and concentrating the uric acid in my blood. By the time I got home, the attack was in full swing.

Note to self: DON'T DO THAT AGAIN!!!

...and the meds did nothing to alleviate the pain this time. I fitfully tried to fall asleep, and sometime during the night (well after midnight) the pain subsided and I was able to get a few hours sleep.

Fall Escapades in Bain de Bretagne

When the weather's nice...and we're not in school it's time to play!