Good grief, it's been a couple days since I posted. Hopefully, everything has been going well for everyone.

Two hockey games last weekend at home, and Portland split the two, a win and a loss. I won't go into the games too much, other than to say that along with a lot of Hawks fans, we're getting nervous about the beginning of the season. Things are not looking as rosy as they have been in the past two seasons, but therein lies the problem; we're comparing apples and oranges, and the team doesn't have the same personnel and horses that they did the last two years. Now the team heads into Canada for two and a half weeks for six games against the Eastern Division.

The service dog school did a field trip on Saturday. We took a few students on the MAX train to the airport, and then walked around there for about twenty minutes. A couple of the students and their dogs did some testing as well, preparing for the CGC, the Canine Good Citizen test. After the test, my wife, my son and I sat down in the food court with the program director and we all had some lunch.We had a few laughs, talked about a few things with the school and class, and generally had a good time for the afternoon. My family had to run home, throw on our hockey gear, and go back to the Rose Garden arena after the field trip. Busy Saturday, to say the least.

The  upcoming week will bring the Pet Expo. Special treat at the Expo; from the Animal Planet show Pit Boss, Shorty and his dog Hercules will be there. We're looking forward to a possibility of meeting him.

That's my world at the moment... thanks for peeking in.