jay | Good going, but with minor irritants

Off for another field season...

BofA screwed up my government travel card payment last week and applied it to someone else's account (again!) so my card didn't work when I tried to use it this morning at SFO. My own checking account showed zero funds, so I couldn't get money from personal accounts. So I transfered money online with my laptop in Seattle, and hope that my card works by tomorrow. I had to get the Varscona hotel desk to call it in.

My rented gravity meter is *still* being held in Canadian customs in Ottawa... I emailed forms to a customs brokerage once I got to Seattle, but they say that the boxes won't be released in time for Saturday's flight to Resolute. Sigh. $350/week is being wasted...

At least I got a haircut in Seattle, by taking a shuttle to a nearby hotel and going to their salon... who had a fill-in stylist, without tools. He scrounged and found a painfully dull set of shears and a small portable razor like I use for beard trims... despite this, he did an acceptable job. And a lovely elderly lady next to me on the airplane (Yvonne) talked to me about family and giving to others and opened my eyes a bit on what's truly important to me.

In Edmonton... Immigration Canada flagged me at passport control and I was sent to a separate office to explain exactly what kind of work I'd be doing... but happily

handslive and

purplejavatroll were waiting outside of Customs. Yay! It was great to see them both, after nearly a year.

After stopping by Home Depot ("Canada's Home Improvement Center" - not Alberta's...) I bought three more drill bits for the ice. Then checked in, then went to The Three Musketeers for crepes, where

mouseman was waiting for us. Having missed lunch altogether, I was peckish. The food was quite good, dessert was excellent, the company even better. And it was fun to watch

mouseman and

purplejavatroll being TCFW together on the other side of the table :-).

Now I'm back in the hotel, waiting to go to my 11:30am flight tomorrow to Yellowknife. It is currently 38F with cold rain and wind in Resolute, but should be clearer and colder tomorrow evening.