Arontius of Bygelswade

.....Just sitting here before bed and thinking about the wedding on Friday. It was definitely a special event for me. :-) Especially since I plan to go through it once only in my remaining lifetime. :-)

.....On Saturday morning I met some of the guys at Pat's Cookie Jar for a Bachelor's Breakfast. Renart, Ralph, Cedric, Bernie and Richard dispensed last minute advice. Most of which I had already figured out. :-) Then I ran home to get dressed and picked up Mom, eventually ending up at Island Lake.

.....Ellen and Company really did a good job on the lay-out of the building. The tables were laid out really nice. Gwen had found a fantastic place for red dahlias that were really beautiful.

......I'm really grateful for all the hard work that went into the wedding. Ellen, Gwen, Tsuruko, Talia, Kierran and Petr put in a lot of work with cooking and lay-out. Tamm and I hardly had to put any thought into anything. It all turned out perfect and wonderful. :-)

.....I was happy with the turn out. Not too many, but all really special people. I got to meet Tamm's brother Terry the night before. He drove all the way from Montana just for the wedding. He was a very nice guy. I also got to meet Tamm's friend Zsuzsy the night before. She flew in from the East Coast for the wedding. She is such a wonderful person. She came in and helped Tamm with the wedding dress, helped her with hair and make-up. She even took over Rhys watch on several occasions to give Tamm and I some time to ourselves.

.....I also was able to meet Tamm's other good friend Gulenay for the first time. She is also a wonderful person, along with her boyfriend Einar. Tamm has a whole group of good friends that I look forward to getting to know. Along with Achaxe, and Dagmaer and a whole group of others I had a good time meeting all of Tamm's friends.

.....A lot of my 'family' was there as well. Baron Sir Richard showed up all the way from Olympia. Catelin made it as well. And Alys from Seattle. Even Bjorn and Ludya showed up.

.....Tyrus and Mariette took lots and lots of pictures. I owe him for that. As well as Brighid and Cedric for helping make sure that happened. :-) I have lots of good friends, that is for sure.

.....There was one thing though from the wedding that I think that I'll never forget. It was seeing the Beloved Tamm in her wedding dress. Richard told me at one point that it was time to begin, so I went looking for Tamm. I walked into the Community Center and ran into Tamm as she was coming out. It was the most wondrous sight I think that I've ever seen. She was in her white wedding dress with red embroidery on it. It was so magnificent that I literally choked. It was as stunning as the night she walked into the Estrella Court in her Elizabethan. I was dumbstruck at the sight.

.....For about the thousanth time I realized yet again just what a lucky guy I am. I spent a lot of years looking for just the right woman. When I first met the beloved Tamm I thought that she was the most beautiful woman I'd ever met. I was certain that all I could ever do was wistfully stare from afar. When we connected I was so sure that it was a dream that would go away eventually. But here I am, married to her. Makes me smile in giddiness just thinking about.

.....I think that I'll end on that note. The Beloved Tamm is getting ready for bed and it feels lonely in the living room without her. :-)

.....Aaron / Arontius.

.....Greetings All,

.....Just gathering my thoughts here on a Friday morning here at work. It's been busy. But it really has been super busy at work for a while now, so that's nothing new. It's looking like it might taper off a tad bit over the summer when the Navy starts counting every penny more seriously, so I'm looking forward towards summer for that reason among many others.

.....April Crier is in production. I should be complete with it by Sunday. For the first time this last week I started becoming very trepitdatious about giving up the job. Not through the thought that my successor might not be able to do it (heck, Angharad will probably do a BETTER job at it), but because of how much of myself I've wrapped up into it. For years and years (more then a decade for sure) I defined myself very locally to Dragon's Laire. It was my home and really the only place I cared to play. That really started to change big time when I took on the Chronicler's job. I started thinking more at a Kingdom Level and found myself enjoying parts of it quite a bit. Especially the fact that I could influence things, however slightly, to the benefit of the entire populace of An Tir. That realization is rather heady. And if that sound pretentious, I don't mean it to be. It's just that now that I'm looking at going back to a Baronial Level of play I find myself wondering just how relevant I'll be? I've thought a lot on the Beloved Laurellen's discussion on relevance, and I certainly want to stay involved and definitely want to be a force for good. Things to ponder over the next few months.

.....But I do stand a good chance of being the Dragon's Laire Seneschal come September, so I think that will mollify my trepidation to some degree. I suppose that I'll being jones-ing for something to do again at a Kingdom Level pretty quickly next year though. :-)

.....June Faire meeting with Port Gamble this afternoon to talk traffic patterns. This is a big deal in keeping the modern merchants happy in town and keep the traffic flowing off of the highway. We were bit last year by poor management of traffic (at least the first weekend day). We're going to place special emphasis on traffic this year. And good behavior. I'm preparing several e-mails to go out on the Kingdom E-Lists to remind people to play nice at June Faire and treat the local townfolks with dignity and honor. In fact, I plan on beating this concept into people via e-mail and copy over the next few months. Let's hope that it makes an impact. :-)

.....NORWESCON IN FOUR WEEKS!!! I can't wait. I am rather looking forward to it this year. I'm still working on the Beloved Laurellen to attend at least one day. Easter Day is out of the question of course as it is the Annual Easter Egg Extravaganza at House Brandevin. But maybe Friday night or Saturday. Friday night might be interesting as it is the Annual Rocky Horror viewing at NORWESCON. :-) Although Tamm might be disappointed as the Convention really limits how INVOLVED you can get (e.g. no squirt guns, toast or rice :-)). But I think that Tamm will really enjoy some of the panels and artwork. Maybe it will feed her imagination some. :-)

.....September 7th is the big day! Island Lake Community Center has a deposit upon it, so the venue is set. We're going to keep the actual wedding itself small (less then 50 people). I get overwhelmed pretty easily by crowds and this is going to be rather emotional anyways. I prefer less witnesses to my emotional outbursts. :-) I can't wait for it to happen. I'm awfully tired of being so far away. Phone relations are only just so satisfying. Just have to remember this after we've lived together for several years and are wishing for some 'alone' time. :-)

.....Made the announcement that the Baronial Library and Baronial Copier had to leave my house. There was a little bit of surprise at that statement at the Baronial Business Meeting. :-) I guess they've become quite a fixture in my life. :-) But I gave a deadline of June, and I mean to keep that. Also working on getting rid of 'stuff' in the basement. Must work harder on that.

.....The day is starting to wind up, must get going now. Hope everyone has an excellent weekend! :-)

.....Aaron / Arontius.