after the flood all the colors came out It pays to work overtime at my firm. I got my first paycheque with six hours of OT on it this week - almost 200 extra dollars. That'll help pay the bills! Might "incent" me to work more long days, too...

We've got a big rafting day planned tomorrow. froo, Caia and me in the girls' boat and Keri, "little" Chris and Kyle in the boys' boat. They're predicting some great weather for the long weekend, so hopefully they've got it right for a change. I'm getting up early to get myself over to Sportsrent for a raft and lifejackets. Gina is working, so mom ("Gram", the kids call her) is going to babysit Ella, who's still a little too young to bring out on a boat. She'll get to go swimming with Gram anyway, over at a nice public wading pool.

Rafting down the Bow River here in Calgary is quite a fun and relaxing thing, while you're actually just doing the floating part. But all the other crap involved is actually a bit of a pain in the butt. Dropping off a car at the exit point, smushing people and gear into one vehicle and driving to the launch point, struggling to inflate all your boats, with varying quality airpumps. Then, at the end, dragging the boats to a good de-flating point, lying and rolling on the boats to get all the air out, lugging them back to your vehicle, cramming everyone in and driving back to the launch point to get the first car. It's kind of a lot of work, but generally worth it. Since we'll have the younger kids with us tomorrow we won't float the full four-hour ride we sometimes do, but get out after two hours or so. Should be fun.  | ¶ 1:24 a.m.