Saturday 3 October 2009

Hi everyone,

Well, I am over the hump!! 1 Oct was the middle day of my tour over here, so everything is downhill from now on! Things are starting to cool down a bit more - high of 36C today, low of 22C. I am going to be so cold when I get back to Ottawa, it isn't going to be funny...

Vance & I went to the KAF Bazaar today. Every Saturday there is a market (kind of like the old Stittsville Market) where a bunch of locals set up stands and sell stuff. There are a whole whack of carpets and jewellery and pirated DVDs, among other things. I will put up a few photos over the next few days to show you what it's like. Vance bought a carpet for his brother and I scoped out some stuff to bring home (maybe) - I really don't need knick-knacks, but there are a few nice gifty things.

Thanks to everyone for the birthday packages. I got one from Mom & one from Wade and the crew - thanks Kayla, Nolan and Carson for the cool $1 store stuff!! The candies went pretty fast, I have to say.

I'm running the US Army 10 Miler tomorrow - that's 16km for you metric types. It starts at 0530 in the morning and I expect it will take somewhere around 1 1/2 hours to finish. Good thing it's early or else the sun would probably melt me. There are over 600 people running, so there will be lots of company. I feel like I'm in pretty good shape - down 20lbs as of today!!

Overall, things are going pretty well. I am well-established in a routine and I am feeling pretty good. Now that the end is near, it should be a relatively easy ride.

Anyway, got to go.