Bringing home the bacon

Vic's been out sailing a couple of times since we did the harbour sail a few weeks ago. He helps out on any of the boats that need extra crew at the Friday nights' Twilight sailing races. This past Friday, they held a raffle afterwards and Vic won first prize.....a huge meat tray, with eggs, bacon, sausage, steak, pork chops and a leg of lamb.



If you know Vic at all, you'll know that this is one of the best prizes ever. A tray full of meat is right up there with winning millions in the lottery. It's the equivalent of me winning a tray filled with chocolates and puppies.

Aside from eating meat all weekend (eggs and bacon for breakfast, sausages for supper last night and lamb cooking in the oven as I write), it's been a quiet weekend. Yesterday, I dragged Vic and Gus out to an event called 'Good Food Affare'. Vic and Gus were mostly miserable the whole time (the traffic was horrendous and the 'children's area' consisted of a carousel for toddlers). It was also really crowded, with a ton of people trying to get at the free samples of yummy foods and wines. I did manage to eat some delicious all natural ice cream and bring home a baguette and award winning goat's cheese before either Vic or Gus suffered total breakdowns, so it wasn't all bad.

During the weekdays, I'm still plugging away at my thesis. At this point, I have a pretty clear idea of what I'm going to do, and just need to clarify some of the methods/analysis. If anyone has any good references for trend analysis or cost analysis, send them my way! Some weeks I'm very productive and others - not as much. It's sometimes hard to stay on task when the due date is three years down the road!

And for grandparents' and cousins' viewing pleasure...two pics of Gus at the skatepark, practising his dude moves. sweet as, bro.