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.....It was actually a pretty good Birthyday Weekend. I am now the answer, as in (42) years old. I don't feel that old, which is probably a good thing. I suppose that I should refrain from asking Jenae how old she is though, that would definitely make me feel my age, and maybe even older. :-)

.....On Friday we went and saw Star Trek for the second time. Good Movie! I hope that it does well enough for sequels to be in the works. I like the dynamics of the new actors. I especially like the new Kirk and the new Bones. I was never a Shatner fan, so I find it interesting that I like the new take on Kirk so much more. This could be good.

.....Saturday started out with a phone message from Loren Howard, the brother of an old friend who died recently, James Howard. This is the third high school friend to die in the past two years. I'm suppose to call Loren and get the details on what happened, and find out details of the Memorial Service. But I'm finding myself reluctant to do so. I need to get over the reluctance and make the phone call, but it's tough. Looks like the Memorial Service is set for the Saturday of June Faire, another bummer. But I'm psyching myself up to talk to Loren tomorrow and see what the story is. I may take a break from June Faire and go to the service, or may pay my respects in some other way. In either case I'll post the details of the services to the Baronial e-list so that others may have the opportunity to attend.

.....I spent most of Saturday gutting the garage. Mainly in preparation for June Faire packing. I was quite pleased with the results though. By the end of the day I could reach all corners of the garage and had moved three storage racks into position by the work bench to allow us to store more workshop tools and supplies. I moved boxes of stuff into TBT's studio so that she could go through them.

.....Then it was time for a birthday gathering over at Gwen's. It was really well attended. I am reminded from time to time that I have more friends than I realize. I am grateful to know that I have that many friends. Makes going to work more bearable. :-)

.....TBT made me a fantastic sugar free cake! And the Rhys Monster gave me a Lego castle set. Way cool! I received a handful of cards. Deirdre and her husband gave me chips and salsa. And Talia gave me a ceramic cup that she painted herself (it was quite beautiful). A very good birthday.

.....Sunday had me in the garage again. I cleared out the shelves in the work area. I'm am VERY PLEASED with the work area now. I'm jonesing to go do some metal work there. I found the roller and dug up both bench grinders. I set up all the storage racks and moved the circlet supplies into position. I even un-earthed the metal shear. I am ready to go! I think that the universe was listening as I logged into the computer and picked up an order for a circlet for someone in Virginia. It was only a single narrow circlet, but it was an order! :-)

.....Today was catching up with regular chores. Did the laundry. Cleaned rooms in the house. Stacked trash up. Cleaned part of the driveway. I even took my mother out on a White Trash Shopping Safari. I went to WalMart and KMart, all in one day. I think that I'm still traumatized by the experience. :-) But it did convince me that we need to have a 'White Trash' Theme Party at the house sometime this summer. :-)

.....Been playing phone tag and e-mail tag with the Shower Guy who wanted to give us portable showers for An Tir / West War. I need to just bombard the guy with phone calls tomorrow so that I get an actual phone call with HIM DIRECT and let him know that if we can't cut the bill essentually in half or better, that showers are just not in the cards for this year.

.....Next weekend is the big June Faire preparation weekend. Lobelian will be driven down to the house and completely cleaned out, then we'll pack her up. But this will be a good thing as we'll load her up with all the pavilions and carpets as well. This will open up a goodly sized area in the garage and allow us to get some more area cleaned up and organized. Namely, the big 250 gallon aquarium will be unearthed. If we can get it cleaned up and set up on the I-var shelves, maybe we could get a Silkworm run going for this year. No Mulberry trees this year, but I'm kind of curious to try out a bunch of the Silkworm 'chow' that you can now buy. Just not sure what kind of silk you're going to get with the chow versus fresh Mulberry leaves. But the experimentation might be interesting.

.....Sigh! Time to get ready to go to bed and mentally psych myself up for the regular pirahna swim at work tomorrow. The Big Boss and Mid Boss Pirahna will both be in this week.

.....Thanks to all for the good birthday wishes. :-)

.....Aaron / Arontius.