As my regular readers might remember, I finished my August assignment on the 28^th of September at 3 AM. I sent the email to Neil Bowers, noting it was probably too late to get a proper September assignment. Surprisingly, Neil replied with

Well, you’re on an unbeaten run so far, so if you want a September one, with 4 days left, I’ll assign you one. Want one? :-)

I imagined 4 days (I could only count 3, but hey) with maybe another two weeks of “sticking” with the assignment, and replied with Yes.