Work After Leave SUCKS!!! :-)

.....Yesterday was my first day back at work after June Faire leave. OMG!!! I had over 230 e-mails that needed answering. I had almost fifty telephone messages that required follow-up! And my back up / stand in looks like he was literally raked over the coals.

.....Oh, well, I guess that times like these makes your leadership appreciate your presence and all that I do for the company. It must, while I was away my name was handed out as a resume for at least three different jobs. Ack! An increase in pay would be nice, but additional hours at work, including weekends, would SUCK!!!

.....Not to mention the time I would lose away from the Beloved Tamm and Rhys. I would like them to move over here to spend MORE time with them, not less. More money is nice, but not at the expense of good family time. Going to have to tread lightly but firmly here. I'd like a change of scenery, but on my terms.

.....This weekend is all about moving. The following Saturday is all about packing up Mom. The following weekend is Sir Richard's birthday. I would REALLY like to free up some time for that. I've blocked that day out on all of my calendars and will work hard to ensure that it stays clear.

.....I am STILL recovering from June Faire. Ack! I feel tired as heck, but am slowly getting my energy back. Doing June Faire at 40 is a lot harder than doing June Faire at 25 or so. Just sayin' :-)

.....OMG! I can see the light. It is almost time for Tamm to move into the Bremerton house. I'm getting to the point where I can't stand the anticipation for much longer. :-)

.....June Faire - Thursday Set-Up Review will be out tomorrow. I'm looking for comments on what I write so that I have a full picture of what to present at my two de-briefs this month. I know that a big item with be the income generated and how we should deal with that in the future. No big decisions should be made until we've looked at the entire big picture. Friday Set-Up Review should be out by Saturday. Saturday and Sunday Event Reviews will be out by Monday. Monday Wrap-Up Review should be out by next Tuesday. At least that is my target.

.....O.K., gotta run. Gotta save a few brain cells for work. I have so few of them anymore. :-) Hope everyone has a good Thursday.

.....Aaron / Arontius.

Harry Potter Theme Park? :-)

.....When are we going, Tamm? :-)

.....Taken from CNN.com...

Potter buffs may soon be able to visit Hogwarts
Story Highlights• Rowling says Potter fans will not be disappointed with park
• Franchise has yielded 320M book sales, four blockbusters
• Last book in the popular series due to be released July 21
• John Irving, Stephen King have urged Rowling not to kill Potter

LONDON, England (Reuters) -- J.K. Rowling, who became the world's first billion-dollar author on the back of Harry Potter's success, has given the go-ahead for the creation of a Florida theme park dedicated to the schoolboy wizard.

"The plans I have seen look incredibly exciting and I don't think fans of the books or films will be disappointed," Rowling said of the Orlando park that is scheduled to open in 2009.

The park is a joint venture between Warner Bros. Entertainment, whose Potter films have so far grossed more than $3.5 billion worldwide, and Universal Orlando Resort (Warner Bros. Entertainment is owned by the same parent company as CNN).

In a statement rich in entertainment hyperbole, the builders of "The Wizarding World of Harry Potter" said they planned to "create the world's first immersive Harry Potter themed environment."

Barry Meyer, chairman and CEO of Warner Bros. Entertainment, said: "Over the years we've received thousands of letters from fans around the world wishing they could visit Hogwarts (School) and the wonderful locations described in each of J.K. Rowling's beloved stories."

The park's opening could help to quell the withdrawal symptoms of Potter fans around the globe who have bought 320 million copies of her wizard tales and turned every one of the films into a box office hit.

Pottermania is set to scale new heights in July with the last novel hitting the bookstands and the latest film being launched in a deluge of global publicity.

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," the final installment in her hugely successful series, is being released on July 21.

Rowling is to mark publication with a moonlight reading for fans at London's Natural History Museum.

Sweepstakes are being conducted by her British publisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc and American publisher Scholastic to pick the winning fans.

"Harry Potter and the order of the Phoenix," the fifth film in a blockbuster series based on the books, is being given its official world premiere in London on July 3.

Rowling, whose books are always released under tight security, has said two characters will die in the seventh and final book but she has refused to give any clues.

The author has appealed to people to keep the end a secret: "I want the readers who have, in many instances, grown up with Harry, to embark on the last adventure they will share with him without knowing where they are going." (Full story)

U.S. authors John Irving and Stephen King were so worried about the fictional hero's fate that they urged Rowling to spare the bespectacled hero.

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