June Faire Eve - Eve.

.....The pre-June Faire run-up begins tomorrow, and the true insanity begins. :-)

.....Last June Faire meetings happened today, immediately followed by the last Baronial Business Meeting prior to June Faire. There was a lot of tension to start the evening, but things felt a lot better towards the end. I'm thinking that a little communion to ease and share the fear, and feed the excitement of the moment at the same time, seemed to help everyone a bit.

.....The ever-growing 'to-do' list:

Wednesday:
1.) Deliver check to Party Rental store in Poulsbo and make final arrangements for dlivery of (19) tables and (45) chairs.
.....Talia is going to set up a pavilion to protect said tables and chairs on site until they can be set up.
.....Deliver check to Storage Unit for Lobelia.
2.) Follow-up on Gate Contract with Dragon's Mist.
3.) Deliver check for straw bales to Del's in Port Orchard. Verify delivery on Thursday.
4.) Finalize shopping List.
5.) Finalize June Faire Check-List.
6.) Pack 12x12 pavilion with awning.
7.) Pull out canvas day shade and ensure all parts are available. Pack it in U-Haul when available.
8.) Pull out remaining items in garage.
.....Fill water jugs and put into Lobelia.
9.) Finish laundry and start final packing inside house.
10.) Load up circlets.
11.) Finish stocking Lobelia in morning.
12.) Pick-up U-Haul at noon.
13.) Load U-Haul with materials I have at home (i.e. signs).
14.) Load up 'stuff' that needs to be dropped off at storage (i.e. Culinary). Pick up 'stuff' from others (i.e. Gold Key).
15.) Unload remaining items from Heather (van) and place in either U-Haul or Lobelia.
16.) Meet volunteers at Storage Unit at 6PM for load up.
17.) Put gas in Lobelia.
18.) Fill Lobelia's water tank.
19.) Finish bell.
- Pick up tripod from Gwen's.
- Pick up eyebolt from Lowes'.
- Lash 2x2's to tripod legs to extend tripod to 8' in height.
- Hang bell and ensure that everything is secure and works properly.
- Pack bell in U-Haul.
19.) Pick up check for Talia for lighting, batteries, and radios.
- E-Mail Isketol for amount and make arrangements to get check to Talia.

Thursday
1.) Drive U-Haul to site and drop off materials at 11AM.
2.) Meet and unload hay as needed.
3.) Meet with any other contractors as needed by Talia.
4.) Grab Lobelia and drive her to site (will need to make arrangements with TBT on a ride).
5.) Continue with set-up.
6.) Dinner on site?
7.) Stay on site in Lobelia?

Friday
* FUN BEGINS
* Remember to discuss web-site with Yvon.

.....The one thing I need to keep reminding myself is that we WILL have volunteers and it is important that you always have a task for them to do when they ask for one. So don't get worked up about getting everything set up NOW, NOW, NOW.

.....The weather report for Wednesday does not look good. But the Board brain-stormed a good alternative to painting the lines for the Marketplace and the Arts & Sciences Village. We pulled the little flags and tape rolls from the Storage Unit this evening and will use them to mark out space. I think it will work. I'm actually finally glad to only have 30 - 35 merchants in the Marketplace this year as it will be much easier to mark out and control. Although I sigh when I think that. Having (70) merchants was a lot of work, but also a source of pride. It's all about trade-offs I guess.

.....June Faire buzz, commencing. :-)

.....Aaron / Arontius.

Mulling On The Day.

.....It was an interesting day at work. The Big Boss was on leave and the mid-level boss had a family emergency. I spent most of the day scrambling to get everything ready for my being absent for almost a week.

.....Tuesday morning started with a jolt. A good friend of mine at work had Gastric Bypass surgery over a year ago now. Today there was an announcement that this person was going to be away from work for several weeks. My first thought was that there was some immediate medical crisis. I found out later in the morning that this person was in therapy.

.....During the preparations for the Gastric Bypass, I was warned about a phenomenon known as 'addiction transfer' that is apparently somewhat common amongst Gastric Bypass recipients. When the underlying cause for being overweight is not addressed (i.e. depression, lonliness, etc.), what happens is that when food can no longer be the release on the problem, that food addiction is transferred to another, substitute addiction, like gambling, alcoholism, etc.

.....This person transferred the addiction to food to an addiction to alcohol that has been getting worse over the past six months, to the point where they needed to deal with it forcefully. It was rather sad, but I was glad this person was dealing with it rather than letting the problem destroy them.

.....I am thankful that I seem to have escaped that particular issue. But I think I lucked out in that I think I became involved with TBT at exactly the right time. I didn't have the opportunity to transfer an addiction as I turned my entire life inside out. TBT may have saved my life without ever even realizing it.

.....June Faire once again though is ruining my life. :-) The above issue opened up an opportunity to escape my current Big Boss and move to something new with a group of people I would have fun working. Unfortunately, I'll be gone for the next week and they'll probably have hired someone else before I get back. Sigh!

.....Received word later in the day that a good person is dealing with a tough disease they thought they had escaped earlier. This person is a very good person who does not deserve this issue. I repeatedly said that I was there to do anything they needed. But felt incredibly useless at that moment. Need to find some way to be available without being smothering. Not an easy task. Guess I'll have to work on it.

.....The things your life arranges for you to experience are always surprising to behold. What a lesson in learning how to live in the moment instead of worrying about things of which you would never expect.

.....Living in the moment is the only way to go. Wish I knew how to do that better. :-)

.....Make sure you all visit us at June Faire this weekend!

.....Aaron / Arontius.