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Well, our semester is now over. I managed to make it an entire semester without writing blog posts. Not that this was a specific goal, but I found myself with nothing to write and ultimately very little spare time to write anything. As of last week Thursday, my classes are entirely wrapped up and Christmas recess is in effect until January 11, 2010. It’s very nice to have a break!

I’m not sure what else to write about. About 2 weeks ago we got a significant amount of snowfall all across the keweenaw, and I’ve had my snowmobile out a bit. I took it to class/work for a couple of days while the roads were still a mess from the blizzard. It seems to be running well, so that’s nice.

Now I’m officially out of things to write about again. Let’s have a look on my iphone and see what interesting pictures I have there. Here’s one from a band that was performing at the KBC a couple of months back:

They played some folk-type music and it sounded pretty good. What else do I have…here we go. Here’s a shot of my snowmobile and Chris Morgan’s snowmobile outside the esteemed Mosquito Inn, in Toivola, MI:

My sled is the rattier one of the two (on the right). Well, I think that about does it for this blog post. And this blog post most likely does it for year 2009. See you in 2010!

Yeah, we’ll just say I was on vacation from the blog for the month of August. I am back at MTU (as of 3 weeks ago) and things are definitely in full swing. September has been busy too!

Weekend 1: Labor day weekend. Went home to visit friends and family, had a great time and beautiful weather.
Weekend 2: HAYDAYS. Need I say more? We look forward to Haydays almost as much as actual snow. I picked up a bunch of snowmobile parts.
Weekend 3: Recla wedding, and boy was it a good one! Thanks for great fun at the reception and wish you the very best!
Weekend 4: While it’s not 100% certain, it sounds like I’ll be attending the CCC Fall Retreat. I guess we’ll see.

Look forward to more regular updates on the site (including a tentative visual overhaul) now that I seem to be settled in to the school year.

Well, I am officially relocated to MN for the rest of the summer. My position at SAS is done for the time being, as it was only a temporary position anyway. I’ll be working out the rest of the summer (until school starts again) in Minneapolis for a company called Minnesota Control Systems. They do large building control systems installation and configuration, specifically with Honeywell hardware.

So, for the first time in the last 5+ years, I do not have an office, desk, cubicle or computer to call my own. For the most part, at least right now, all my work is setting up and troubleshooting HVAC control systems in many (large) buildings in the greater twin cities area.

So far I’m settled in to my temporary residence well, and I enjoy the job. I think it will be a good fit. It’s certainly a change living in a large city for a while. More later (I suppose).