Toontown

A busy couple of days! Managed to latch everything onto the rental truck, even the futon, except the big old dresser, which was gratis anyway (thumbs up for back alleyway shopping). Drove the 6 or so hours to Saskatoon to discover a pleasant brown house in a picturesque Garneua-like neighbourhood. Great backyard, good BBQ, very well upkept, some parts new in fact. The room, especially with my bed, is quite small, but the rest of the basement more than makes up for it.

Dumped all the stuff there then took a 5 hour trip to Grandview, Manitoba to visit my paternal grandmother, who's 94 and still doing well, although in slight decline. I hadn't seen her since 1998 so it was a visit long overdue. She's got a lovely old sounding piano and I started working out a very Bach-like (mathematical rhythm) piece, the town-building theme from ActRaiser, that classic SNES game. Am I a dork? Indubitably- But it'll sound great when it's done - go polyphony!

Went for a jog around campus last night, checked out what seems like only a fraction of the place, the hospital (where Travis is apparently not located), Commerce and Thorvaldson buildings. Thought I'd lost my wallet and went on a panicked run retracing my steps to see if I could find it - but to no available. Fortunately my roomies found it on the lawn this morning so it must have fallen out right away.

Need to get to Walmart to grab some bins and more storage space so I can finish unpacking. Gotta get textbooks ahead of time, before the mad rush, but the internet in my room isn't quite connected yet, might have to get a stretch cord for the router. Will be trying out for Greystone Singers, the Huskies volleyball and track teams next week so plenty of prep for that as well! Better get going - Stew