The End Of The Weekend.

.....The weekend went by so fast. Wish I had another day or two to get caught up with a few things.

.....Spent most of the morning on Saturday wrestling with the computer and the iPod. They didn't seem to want to talk to each other and the desktop was being more frisky than usual. Finally kicked itself into CHKDSK mode and spent the rest of the day reading all the hard drives. But when I finally checked in again later in the evening, it seemed to have cleared itself up and it even obliged in a conversation with the iPod. Oh, well, as long as it was only temperamental and not dead. I should be happy.

.....Went with TBT and some others to see 'True Grit'. I'm a heavy John Wayne fan, so I was really not sure about this movie. But enjoyed it far more than I anticipated. The story itself was engaging. Loved the characterizations. The language was way cool too. Definitely worth a second look. And, really, it was so much different than the John Wayne version that I could easily, in my mind, separate the two into totally separate genres.

.....Went out to do some shopping at JoAnn's and then stopped for dinner at Taco Bell. Bad Move! Had their taco salad and nachos. The shell was oily and tasted outdated. The 'cheese' sauce totally came out of 7-11's second hand bin. Went away feeling slightly 'off' and that feeling didn't really leave until Sunday afternoon.

.....Woke up for the usual Starbucks run on Sunday, with just enough time to spare to get a handful of chores done before running off to the Manchester Fuel Depot for the Sunday Fight Practice.

.....What a turnout! By time all was said and done there were at least five heavy fighters and maybe eight or ten rapier fighters. A large group of people were watching as well with handwork to do. A good turn out. Pernell even showed up with work to do on one of the shop lathes. Go Pernell! :-)

.....Lots of excitement generated though. The Blatha An Oir Rapier Marshall went home and immediately posted about the huge hall available for practice and urged people to carpool to the next one in February. Jahnkin may end up having more people at his Sunday Fight Practice in February than normally show up for work on a daily basis! I doubt he is worried though. :-)

.....Spent a lot of time watching the heavy fighters. Must remember to acknowledge the rapier fighters as well next time.

.....Busy week in the offering. Tuesday night starts TBT's 'Rectangular Construction Class'. We had originally scheduled a Serjeantry discussion for that Fight Practice, but we're going to push out the timetable for that to happen. Originally we were going to take letters of intent at Candlemas. There are still a handful of things to work out, and we decided to not rush things. So we're going to have a discussion at Candlemas, with letters of intent to be accepted at June Faire. I hadn't wanted to wait that long. But there has been so much to do that things haven't been as organized as they could have been.

.....Ursulmas next Saturday. Must remember to pick up mats from Lobelia so I can pass them to Cedric and Brighid on Tuesday. They plan on being on site on Friday and will lay out the mats on some good territory for Dragon's Laire. The mats are rather large, so we should get enough space for everyone to gather for the day. Plus, having the mats on the ground will make it nice for others to bring carpets to lay on top.

.....The day will be long, but enjoyable I'm sure. Not sure how long Court will be though, and should probably be prepared with something to do.

.....I think there is at least one other meeting this week. Must consult the calendar before bed. We've been doing relatively well on the quest to meet with the various sub-groups of the Barony. Don't want to miss any one by accident. If people think something is worth getting organized to do than it is important for us to recognize them for taking that step.

.....Hmmm, I'm sure there is something I'm forgetting too and I can't seem to remember what it is. Need to stop this now and go log on to the calendar. Time for bed anyway.

.....Aaron / Arontius.