I was just thinking yesterday about how lame the summer temperatures are here in the west. And what happens today? It’s the hottest day this summer. The sun’s rays are beating down and if I were to spend more than 10 minutes outside I might work up a sweat. But that’s not going to happen. I am determined to get ahead on my work and research before Friday. I want to take the day off without anything looming over me. I hate unfinished business.

In one of my articles in Monday’s paper, I got someone’s name wrong. I feel really badly because it was a nice man who I chatted with a few times over the weekend. Plus it was the main story and plus he was one of Grande Prairie’s Hometown Heros. I apologized profusely to his daughter. Tomorrow, I hope, the paper will run a correction. My first name mistake in the eight months I have worked here. At least it wasn’t anything that could get the paper sued.

We have two additions to our paper this week- a new reporter and a photographer. I am happy to be relieved of scanner duty. What a pain in the butt that was.