Chaos Reigns!

.....I'm so excited about Estrella that it is hard to keep a thought train going for more than a few minutes. :-)

.....The NORWESCON weekend schedule is ALREADY posted! Holy Crap, it's early this year. Fantastic! Looks like some good stuff, as usual. Take a look, http://www.norwescon.org/events/eventschedule.htm

.....The pile of stuff for Estrella is growing on the Living Room Floor, and in the computer room. I'm taking a half day off today to sort and pack. Shouldn't take too long. The hardest part will be taking stuff OUT of the pile to put away because I REALLY do not need it. Got the iPod and camera batteries charging now. The third and last load of laundry went into the washer last night. I'm starting to see the light on getting out of town.

.....Wish that Tamm could go with me. We'd both have a wonderful time I know. Maybe next year.

.....I stopped at a store yesterday thinking about Valentine's Day gifts. I always thought of myself as at least a closet romantic, but I'm starting to rethink that. Everything I saw looked sooooo cheesey. I just couldn't get anything. Yet, when I DID get home Rhys and The Beloved Tamm were waiting for me with chocolate (in cool folding boxes), a balloon, and a stuffed giraffe. And I enjoyed them. Hmmmm, maybe I just need to practice more. :-)

.....Had an interesting conversation last night at Fight Practice. There is someone in the Barony who is a long time player who has done a number of hurtful things in the past. To the point where my first instinct is always to not trust them (which is a big deal in my case. I have several friends who have nicknamed me 'Seal Boy' because of how often I've smiled just before getting clubbed). Well, this person is trying hard to mend their ways. We had a good conversation. I listened to this person's concerns, gave them my take on the situation, and then we talked about how we were going to deal with it.

.....Well, this person actually INTERACTED with me on the conversation, when in the past they would have REACTED first and stomped off. Then they committed to doing things and NOT doing things in order to help.

.....It actually felt genuine as well. I'm starting to feel the need to trust them at least a little bit again, but I'm a little gun shy on this one. At what point do you forgive someone their past mistakes and give them a clean slate on which to start? I'm wrestling with that one.

.....Time for the morning meeting, gotta run.

.....Aaron / Arontius.