Back to work…

It’s a Tuesday that’s like a Monday. Whee! Actually, what it means is a short work-week, which is never a bad thing. Today finds me up to my ears in Visio, trying to make it do things it wasn’t designed for – dangit, if you want me to do isometric drawings, give me Autocad! On the bright side, it’s very absorbing work, and I can sit down and work on it for a while and look up to find an hour has gone by. It’s a great way to may the day go fast!

So last night I started to make a wonderful recipe from Cook’s Country, a very tasty garlic roast beef. Of course, it wasn’t until I had the potatoes roasting in the oven and was about to rub the roast down with the garlic-thyme paste that I saw the line I had missed when I first read the recipe: “Place roast in refrigerator for at least four hours or overnight.” Hmm. Time to re-think dinner. Fortunately, I had also picked up a pork loin, so I quickly cut that down into some nice boneless pork chops and we had pork chops for dinner instead. On the bright side, this means, there’s a very tasty roast beef in the fridge right now that’s going to be an excellent dinner. I need to pick up some potatoes on the way home so I can make mashed potatoes, too.

Apparently, Takaza didn’t sleep well last night. When my alarm went off at 5 AM and he wasn’t in bed next to me, I knew it couldn’t be good. It seems that between his wrist and a nasty sore throat, he woke up at 4 AM and couldn’t get back to sleep. Sweetheart that he is, though, he had coffee and scrambled eggs waiting for me when I stepped out of the shower. I suspect he’ll be going to bed early tonight.

So as we were driving all over over the weekend, Dan and I had a chance to talk about planning of future events. After looking at the number of people who responded, the cost of the facilities, and the probable cost of the food, I don’t think we’re going to be able to pull off the dinner event that we had mentioned. I think we’d have to charge at least $35 per person, and not only is that pretty pricey, I would want to make sure that people felt they were getting a good value for their money, and with what that would leave for food expenses, I’m not sure I could do that. Plus, the one date that seemed to work is the same weekend as Capricon, so that might have presented scheduling difficulties. Instead, we’re going to focus our efforts on the upcoming Wuffmeet/FRAC 2 (which I just realized will be three weeks before Anthrocon. Ack!). We have an idea for a gathering of folks in March, too, but I need to talk to some people before we start making any plans in that direction – more on that soon!

2 thoughts on “Back to work…

  1. woodychitwn

    A short work-week is never a bad thing?!? You apparently do not share with me the pain that is deadlines… This is not a fun thing to return from vacation to…

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