The End Is Near A New Beginning.

.....Today we completed Certification No. 1. It took a lot of concentrated corraling of engineers, sailors and administrators. Lots of running from place to place to place. Lots of Muppet Arm Flailing. Lots of phone calls and review of ancient certification tomes of knowledge. But at 5PM, the CO of the Boat received from the hand of the lead engineer a binder of certification paper. This act signifies the official completion of installation and permission to procede with final testing, which will commence on Monday. Huzzah.

.....The final countdown has begun. Final certification is set for Wednesday. We have at least a dozen meetings left to live through. An epic number of Muppet Arm Flailing sessions. And we're all crossing our fingers, and every other body appendage available, that final testing goes off with no hitch.

.....The end is near. The end is near.

.....But I do get this weekend off. I had feared that I would be chained to my desk until late tonight trying to get all the signatures in place. But everything magically came together this afternoon. I was amazed. It was a mystery. :-) But now I get the weekend off. I've got ten million things to get done at home. But it will be....at home. :-)

.....Read a note on Facebook the other day. Someone was explaining why they did not like Live Journal. Basically it came down to having to plow through tons of inane conversations and whining and other 'stuff' that didn't interest them in the least. I can understand that. I don't agree with that, but I understand it. I personally like reading all that inane stuff. It makes for me a connection with someone, strengthens friendship, gives me glimpses into the lives of people I don't know as well as I would like to know them. But I'm just weird that way I guess.

.....However, I know that 90% of the stuff I put in Live Journal is crap. I accept that. I ramble a lot. I understand that. So, if you needed my permission to unfriend me, now is your chance. You have my permission. Fly free! I will not hold it against you. I promise. :-) Although, to be honest. You never needed my permission to unfriend yourself from me anyway. People have done it, and will continue to do so, whether I say anything or not. But some people feel badly for unfriending themselves from another. I can understand that as well. Which is why I'm giving this 'official permission' to do so now. :-)

.....Met today with the Secretary for the Bremerton Motorsports Group. They are leasing a site from the Port of Bremerton out at the Airport that the Barony has been salivating over for YEARS! Every attempt to run the gauntlet through the Port has met a stone wall of nothingness. How BMG was able to pull it off? I don't know. But we could learn some lessons from them! :-)

.....I looked at their eventual plans for the site. The centerpiece being one huge drag racing strip, with full on grandstands to the side. It is enormous! The rest of the site is filled with racetrcks and car courses and all manner of motorsports tracks. It is rather ambitious.

.....However, it is going to take a lot of capital. Millions of dollars. And the group is just getting started. So it could be a number of years before development even gets off of the ground. That's where we come into the picture. It is a great site! All ready to host a June Faire. BMG is talking about it amongst themselves. But Bernie spoke with the President of the BMG, and between him and the Secretary I spoke to today, things are looking somewhat promising to start talking. We'll see how it goes.

.....This, of course, assumes many things. The price is right. The contract is right. The June Faire Board for 2012 is willing to go with this site and plan. And finally, and most important, the Barony as a whole is ready to take on this site.

.....I'm going to run out to the site this weekend and take some pictures. I'll post a few of the better ones to Live Journal.

.....Now I'm going to relax a little and get ready to maybe, like, sleep in a little both days this weekend. :-) YES!!!!!

.....Aaron / Arontius.