A Three Day Weekend.

.....I'm really starting to envy those who have a 5-4-9 work schedule. I think that I could really get used to having a three day weekend every other week. On normal weekends it seems that I spend Saturday de-stressing from the week and getting major chores done. Then Sunday seems to be spent getting stuff done in support of the upcoming work week. There never seems to be a chance to just relax and just enjoy 'time' for a while.

.....This weekend I managed to make a little dent in the house. I finished cleaning out my bathroom. Tackled the bedroom. Which included knocking down the five foot high piles of clothes and 'stuff'. Took the air conditioner out of the window for the winter season. I managed to at least straighten out the computer room. I mucked out the kitchen as well, which made me feel accomplished! :-)

.....I received a third e-mail from my guy in Great Britain who wants to market my circlets there. Hmmm, I think that he may actually be serious!? That's a little scary. I have a dozen circlets sitting on the workbench. I spent a handful of hours on them and guided them through the edging cycle. Next comes polishing and then clean up. I could be done in just a couple of weeks. I'm still not convinced that this guy is going to actually put money down when he sees the bill, but I'm just a little hopeful at the moment.

.....I feel just a little guilty, but if this actually comes through I think that I'm going to buy myself a Kindle off of Amazon. I've been enamoured with them ever since I saw Khalja's post on how much she liked hers and I went to Spamazon to check it out. Wow! an Ipod for books! I could have my entire collection on this one tablet. It's kind of awesome really.

.....Although I should probably spend the extra on something practical. My cratex wheel may need replacement sometime within the next handful of months. I went to Rio Grande on Sunday to see how much a new wheel was going to set me back. I'm glad that I was sitting down! Holy Cow! This wheel now costs $120! When I bought this one about eight or so years ago it was only about thirty or fourty dollars! Circlet prices are definitely going to have to go up in price!

.....Saw Catelin twice this weekend. The second time with Kierran today. She didn't want to go alone herself, something I completely understand. We spent about an hour and a half there. Catelin seemed a little more tired today as she was just a little more fuzzy. Sounds like she is going to a home care facility in the next few days though. Ross is posting updates to Facebook though, so I'd better start logging into Facebook more often.

.....Psyching myself up for the work week. Hopefully it will be a little less stressful than the past couple. Will definitely spend a few evenings working on circlets. If things go well I might be looking at shipping to Great Britain sometime next weekend. That would be cool.

.....Paid off the Baronial Storage Unit today. Yeah!

.....Next weekend is the A&S Field Day (on Saturday). I will sit in on the Ithra discussion as it sounds like fun. I should think of something to do there. Maybe I'll bring my gems horn. If I see Rebecca I might suggest that she bring her recorder. And Pernell as well. We might get in some recorder consort time, which actually sounds kind of fun at the moment.

.....I'm toying with the idea of going for Baronial Bardic. Currently there is only one entrant. To make the Championship official we would need at least two entrants. But I'm not sure that I actually have the time to do the work needed to prepare. Much less fulfill the requirements of the office. The last time I was Bardic Champion I never could seem to find the time to actual DO anything with the position. And I don't see much change this time either.

.....I think that I'll pack up some dance stuff as well.

.....Should be a good day, all-in-all.

.....Aaron / Arontius.