Well, once again my daughter is off to spend time in Germany, this time nearly a full year. She will be doing some assistant teaching of English for junior and senior high school students. She will, of course, also be able to spend some time doing some travelling and might even be able to do some studying herself. This first part of the trip when she has had to say goodbye to friends and family in order to go to an unfamiliar city to work with people she's never met has been difficult. We all hope that she will get settled quickly and make some new friends so that she won't feel isolated for long.

Meanwhile, my son came home from Dragon*Con and passed on second-hand hugs from Lavarr Burton to my wife and I. He grew up watching ST:TNG and Reading Rainbow, and of course we watched it with him (or was he watching with us?) so that was pretty neat.

I got a call this morning indicating that there is a possibility of some contract work soon. Apparently there is a project that is gearing up to help with Katrina recovery and the software to coordinate it needs a few tweaks. That would be an exciting opportunity for getting some work while doing something that really needs doing. I should get a call tomorrow letting me know more.