Nice to see some old-timers popping their heads in here again. Hi X, Kit, Pax!

My latest keeping-me-too-busy thing is organizing 2 teams of 10 for a local canoe relay race on Apr 30. I've done this race with my company for many years, and decided to put together an all-women's team this year with a women's outdoor organization I belong to. There has been only 1 team in the women's division of this race, and I thought that was sad, so now there will be competition. It seem that lots of people will join a race if you tell them that they are guaranteed to finish in the top 3! I had 21 people signed up, registered 2 team of 10, and am now struggling to replace those who have dropped out. But it's all coming together. We had a great practice on the river last Sunday with 9 team members paddling.