Hot Insanity Prep

This weekend is the big international festival in St. Louis. We're setting up the clan tent so we can sweat and get others interested in Celtic stuff. We were supposed to set up tonight, so we drove into the city only to discover that the guy in charge not only isn't going to show up until early tomorrow morning, the plan he put together won't work in the space. He's in very hot water right now. Oh, and he's the Membership Chair for the Scottish Society That Talks A Big Game. Frankly, I'm surprised it's happening at all. I might try to talk Eric into boycotting on Sunday.

Good Stuff:
- I wrote over 10k words this week with one tiny scheduling adjustment and a slightly larger attitude adjustment. I wrote about the attitude on my blog last week, so you've probably seen that already. The scheduling was just cutting the internet out between my bible reading and writing. I hope the trend continues.
- I ran four days this week and discovered adding an extra day doesn't do much for my stamina. Later runs were pretty slow and not as far.
- Story telling went well. I've set up a standing monthly appointment at that retirement home. Some of the ladies remembered me from the last time.
- Alex has made new friends at school. The one he talks about the most is Igor from Ukraine. He's in a lab with all foreign students, which makes me laugh. His school is in rural Illinois, and he's the only American in the lab.
- Got the lawn mowed this morning before it got hot. Woohoo!

Not So Good Stuff:
- STILL nothing from Chicago, but the people in Richmond contacted him again. No, I don't want to move to Richmond, but I will if I have to. It's further from everyone I love. Except Eric, of course. There's another opportunity in St Louis, too, but the ideal is for him to stay where he is if the funding is approved, at least as far as I'm concerned.
- Eric's new semester started. Only two semesters left and then we can be done with grad school forever. Except for Alex's, but we're not directly involved in that.
- The low battery light on the cat feeder came on. It takes 3 D batteries. We have 1. Not only that, but the battery compartment is on the bottom of the feeder. What kind of genius decided that was the right place?
- The cool weather we've been enjoying has gone. Summer is back. At least my tomatoes should be happier.

So I can't say I'm eagerly anticipating this weekend, but win, lose, or draw, I'll probably blog about it on Monday. Hopefully I'll remember to take some pictures. As long as I don't get in the way of the caber toss, it's all good.