Is It Monday Already?!

.....Trying to catch up from having taken Friday off for July Coronation. The desk is not TOO bad thankfully. The piles of stuff look fairly manageable. But I have not yet seen the bosses yet, so that could change in a hurry. :-) Although I am hesitantly hopeful as the parking garage was pretty empty this morning.

.....Taking Friday off and getting an early start on the road worked out FANTASTIC. Ronan was good company. I'm not much of a talker on the road, but he kept going and going and going. And the good part was that he did not require a constant stream of reply from me. All of which made the many miles of road go by faster than had I been by myself. :-)

.....When I filled the gas tank in Kennewick and did the calculations, it looks like Heather got 20 miles to the gallon. That is fully loaded with two big guys along for the ride. Excellent! Lobelia would have done about 15, so taking the van worked out pretty good from a financial standpoint.

.....I also found that I enjoyed having an encampment set up. I think that the secret finally sunk in. Instead of having ten tons of STUFF to haul in and set up (spending up to FOUR hours in doing this in either direction), I brought just enough stuff to feel comfortable and look reasonably good. I enjoyed the look and it was entirely manageable. I may have to leave Lobelia on another event or two later this year.

.....Lots of interesting conversations at J.C. over the weekend. Still digesting it all. I think that I'm going to enjoy this reign. The King and Queen both showed quite a few brains as well as maintaining a sense of straight-forwardness that was rather refreshing at times (although a little scary at others :-)).

.....Hearing about Ciaran on Sunday was a shock. I've known him for a long time, well over a decade now that we were on a first name basis. Most recently, he an I were part of the judging team that judged Ursula's Latin Poem. I remember relying on his knowledge of latin grammer, which was pretty extensive. He had a lot of knowledge over quite a wide range of topics. He will be missed.

.....The drive back took a little longer than the drive to site. Both Ronan and I were TIRED. Heather did a good job, although I am losing the power steering pump. There seems to be a leaky seal as I don't seem to lose power steering fluid when driving the surface streets, but when on the highway the liquid seems to drain right out. I'll have to get Heather into the shop sometime soon. By the time I was home, I had about enough energy to get everything moved into the house, the food put away and clothes pulled out for today before I basically collapsed. :-)

.....This week doesn't look too bad. We'll hope for the best. The fighters are all deserting us tomorrow to attend a Blatha Fight Practice. We're going to try a pot-luck / BBQ thing at the church. Hopefully we'll get a little interest. I'll have to remember to post something of a reminder on the Dragon's Laire e-list if I don't see anything from Kassandra when I get home.

.....Hope everyone has a good week. :-)

.....Aaron / Arontius.