I'm told dark nowhere and friends will be up for drinks sometime like Saturday night, and we'll talk about it at lunch.

Also in the comments there, and subsequent discussions, ni and misslake will be arriving by bus at something like 1:45 pm on Saturday. We'll be whisking them home somehow to deposit luggage (or perhaps stuff it in the car if it's handy) and, um, something.

I'm happy to report that the unlikely event has in fact occurred: our (last-place) church-league slow-pitch softball team beat the once-mighty Park Street Pros 32-2, and so we're playing for the consolation title at 10am on Saturday the 6th. That should be over by noon or so, for better or worse.

Another thing we might want to do is to attend the blessing of the animals, held annually on the Sunday closest to St Francis' Day. Since we had such a close call with Simon recently, and since Rocky is such a good dog, we thought we'd bring the both of them in for that. If folks wanna come along, at 4pm Sunday, they're welcome. Perhaps a frolick in the park will follow.

I think ni and misslake are off again on Monday morning, which for us USians is Columbus Day and for Soviet Canuckistan, Thanksgiving Day.

Then late in October, Merekat will be visiting, and has asked to do lunch with us. Perhaps she and the Mister can be lured out for an evening as well.

Did I forget anything? Questions?

[editor's note, by ana] Of course I forgot something! The common denominator, mrgoat, is also coming for the weekend. In this diary and the comments thereto, the Holy Goat expresses a desire for lunch on Saturday. If it's late enough to be compatible with the Canadian Invasion, we could presumably manage that.