Personal updates 

Personal updates

Dog: Had surgery Tuesday, we picked him up Wednesday, and he seems to be recovering well. The surgeon found no arthritis in the knee (although some was found in the hip earlier, by x-ray). We've bought a new crate, and he's going to have to spend a lot of time there for six weeks. His movements have to be very restricted--no running or jumping; when he goes out, always on lead. Now that new "ligaments" are in place, some kind of connective tissue has to grow.

Relatives: have gone from our house to other relatives', a few miles away. Returning to Edmonton on Sunday.

Vacation: coming to an end. I've booked a couple of weeks in August.

Course this fall: I've left the readings I want to use with the Bookstore. I had to confirm the estimated enrollment so that they can contact copyright holders. I found out that 16 signed up in the Spring or early registration--when the course was only available to Pol Sci majors, and a few others. There will be another registration in August, and who knows what will happen? I checked with the woman who is ordering the actual textbook from a publisher, to see what estimate she is using. She said "20." I guess it's ego; I thought she meant she still wasn't sure how many more would sign up, but obviously what she meant was that only 4 more would sign up. When I said: shall we say 30 on the high side?, she was too polite to say: how about 20?

Dalton Camp article. Much shorter, sent off again.