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This picture is from a couple weeks ago, as you probably know if you have experienced any of our rainy weather here recently in Oregon. Most of the trees are either bare of leaves, or more a dull brown or yellow color, rather than this colorfulness.

I have a bus pass now, which I got for a ridiculously low price through my work. I used it this morning while on my way across town to hang out with a friend. I had never taken my bike on a bus before, so it took me a couple minutes to figure out exactly where the "handle in the middle" of the bike rack was, which the bus driver was yelling about at me because he was getting upset. It's not very obvious where the handle is. Anyway, I didn't mind the bus driver getting upset so much after a lady came running up to catch the bus just before we left. If I hadn't delayed the bus, she would have missed it.

I did a U14 boys championship soccer game yesterday, as a linesman, and worked in three other games over the weekend also. The championship game was kind of low key, though the players on the winning team were quite exuberant.

I actually drove my car from the field to Lane Community College for my basketball referee training, and afterwards to Jason's house where I left it. It's going to come off insurance in a couple weeks and I have no plans to drive it for several months at least, so I figured it would be best for it to be off the street.

At the referee training, I found not only that I am rusty, and thrown off a little bit by my recent soccer experience, as well as needing to unlearn some old mechanics so I can do it properly. It's good to have trainers who can challenge you, as that is something that I never experienced much in my past experience in basketball officiating.