Well, folks, the last few weeks have been pretty much business as usual here in Philly. Aside from work and such, I really haven't been up to much aside from doing some wedding planning and watching Team Canada beat the rest of the world's ass in hockey. It was a great tournament, but I'm sure we're all pretty bummed that it will be the last hockey of that calibre for a while. I'd just like to thank every single member of the NHLPA for being the greedy bastards that they are in not agreeing to a salary cap (among other concessions they simply have to make), especially since every other major sport has one and hockey is, at best, a "B" sport in North America. Don't fool yourselves, people, the league is losing tens of millions of dollars per season; the people at fault in this contract dispute are definitely the players. Grow the fuck up, you babies!

This past Friday, I took a drive to the airport and flew to Mexico once again. Sofi and her uncle picked me up at the airport, and we didn't get into Guzman until about midnight, so that was pretty much it for the day. On Saturday after breakfast, me and Sofi went to visit with the priest to fill out all the necessary paperwork for the wedding and to give him a chance to get to know me. I'm happy to report that the Bishop has allowed us to get married in a Catholic ceremony at the church, so everything is pretty much set in that department. Afterwards, we had a great lunch with Sofi's mom and her youngest sisters before me and Sofi went to the theatre to watch The Bourne Supremacy, which, as I've said before, was a great show. After the movie, we went to this restaurant on the 2nd floor of the downtown square overlooking the park. We had some brews and some food before calling it a night. Yesterday, my flight left at 3:15pm so there wasn't much time for anything but visiting, but there's nothing I'd rather do on a Sunday afternoon! Sofi and her mom and sister drove me to the airport and we said our goodbyes, which, as usual, was not very fun. The flight back was pretty good since I had great seats on both connections and my laptop managed to stay awake the whole trip, but I didn't make it home to the hotel until like 1am, which, needless to say, made work pretty rough today. Still, I wouldn't trade the opportunity for anything - I had a great weekend and I'd love to do it again! I'm not sure whether I'll be able to do so before the wedding, though, since my contract in the USA is almost over :(

As of right now, I am scheduled to be coming home on Friday, October 1st, but there is a small possibility that I could be coming home either earlier or later, depending on how things go, but for sure no later than October 8. I am still working on figuring out what my next work engagement will be, but I'm hopeful it will be another project in the USA (the current front-runner is Chicago), since my Visa doesn't expire until January, I've been able to travel to Mexico a lot more than usual, and I save a lot of money when I'm down here - which really helps the ol' wallet (which will come in handy considering I'm getting married in six and a half months!). Other than that, I'm going to be hunting from Oct 27 through Nov 2, which promises to be a blast since this year Nick (a.k.a. Tackleberry) is going to be able to join us!