Midweek updates are always so boring, but hey, what the heck.
I’ve been updating the Midwest FurFest registration database over the last few days, and I should be sending out the next batch of confirmation postcards in the next day or so. The dribs and drabs of online registrations have become a steady trickle, one that will steadily increase until the end-of-September cheap preregistration deadline, then it’ll stay steady for the next month and a half until only registration ends. Our numbers are looking good still; a healthy amount of growth, but nothing to cause me to freak out. Yet. We’ll see 🙂
Takaza is off in Indiana this week, crunching numbers in the heart of Da Region until at least tomorrow. Last night was pretty quiet. I watched some TV while making a quick dinner, then ran some errands before coming home and heading to bed early. After work today, I figure I’m going to change into some more comfy clothes (and get these damn shoes off) and wander around the Grayslake Farmer’s Market. My goal is to see if I can find enough interesting fresh stuff to put together a meal from. We’ll see how successful I am.
As for my toe, it’s healing up as fast as I’d hoped. After gimping around badly yesterday (enough that the limp was causing muscle pain in that leg), I’m able to walk a bit more normally today, albeit somewhat slower than usual. Walking in my Birkenstock sandals is MUCH easier and less painful, but since I work in a manufacturing environment that’s not really an option during the day.
As for other hot-button topics flying around LiveJournal these days, I’ve been thinking of a valuable piece of advice I received many years ago: “A closed mouth gathers no foot.” I suspect I’ll be heeding that for the foreseeable future.
So. Looking ahead to the next few weekends, we have Indian food on Friday, LAFF softball on Saturday (no idea what’s up afterwards, but I suppose I’ll think of something), then…something on Sunday. I don’t think we have any plans right now, but that can change. And next weekend: for the first time in years, I’m actually going to skipping Irishfest in favor of the Chicago Air and Water Show. Should be fun!
Awe, no market days? heh.
Well, I didn’t say that. My plans are pretty flexible on Saturday, and we’ve got nothing going on on Sunday. It’d be fun to hit Market Days with a group of friends, I think 🙂
Well, I’m gonna be at comicon on saturday(six from battle star is gonna be there… tre hot) but i’d love to meet you two at market days on sunday.
Let me talk to Dan and see what he has planned for Sunday. I don’t think I have your number – can you send it my way at duncan at wolfhusky dot org? And can you receive text messages there?
That reminds me… we have to register! ^.^
Like I said..we are planning on hitting market days Saturday..not sure when but we are suspecting probably mid afternoonish…
that way we dont have to get up at the ass crack of dawn to take the train.
Trying to figure out where to go to dinner…figured we might as well eat somewhere different since we are going to be in the city.
Tony wants to do a Brazillian Steakhouse since the one we went to in Downers Grove is no longer there!
I’ll probably pass on Market Days on Saturday, actually, but I appreciate the invite! As for Sunday, I’ll have to see what I can talk Dan into 🙂
Well POOP! I just lost my last post. Anyhoo what I wanted to tell you is that I felt like doo-doo when I caused you to stub YOUR TOE when I called with such a menial request. The advice you gave through gritted teeth worked wonderfully -Thank You.
As an aside (and one with which you can relate), we took the boys up to “sliding rock” today – only now it is called “Bust Yout Butt Falls”. The is the area that we discovered years ago on US 64 North out of Highlands (did Bridal Falls, Dry Falls on the way) when Dad discovered “On The Verandah” when we came South from Franklin. The latter was necessary ’cause the road is so twisty/turny you really need to get off it! Of course we returned several times in your’s and Ruth’s earlier years but this is the first time since you graduated from High School! Hasn’t changed a bit! Well, not true, the egress has changed a lot! In any case, Chris and Tim had a total BLAST! The experience came very close to playing in the ocean for the first time. Tim, who fears NOTHING, even leaped from the high point (reached only by rope) once – this after first ascending once and retreating. Gotta hand it to the boy, he’ll do anything once! He climbed the fire watch tower at “The Swamp” with Randy in spite of his fear – Randy was totally impressed! Chris is a self-declared “
fear of heights” person so didn’t even try – either place. But the boys found a “happy medium”….to the point that only the lure of ice cream brought them back to us. We stopped in Highlands for the ice cream (for me…blah) then wound our way back down the mountain…was NEVER so happy to see home! My right leg was cramped from shifting from brake to accelerator! In other words, it was a Wonderful Day! And,…. a trip back in time.
Am so hoping that you are progressing better with your latest “episode de mal”.