October 12, 2005

• Well the Rose event is only three weeks away, and I am now letting
  people know that I have to be in San Francisco on business for the week
  before the event, and that I won’t even get to site before Saturday
  afternoon.  Luckily, all seems to be well in hand and no one is
  going nuts over the fact that the Steward won’t be there at
  first.  My co-Steward has run two other Kingdom level events this
  year already, so he know exactly what needs to be done the day of, and
  I’ve enlisted two of my fellow Roses to be cat-herders and keep the
  other Roses off his neck.  All the event activities are being run
  by Roses who have been doing this stuff for years, and they all have
  local back-ups.  I don’t expect any problems, but I do feel pretty
  weird about not being there to help with set up and all that.  Ah
  well, life trumps fantasy, and I have no choice but to be gone that
  week.  I’ll be last off-site after clean-up in recompense!

  I am hitting crunch time on the prep stuff though.  The gate
  brochure is almost finished, but I’m having trouble with the web
  site.  Seems the software I’ve been using to design the page is
  too advanced for the server on which it needs to reside.  I’m
  getting help, but it’s frustrating not to be able to just get it
  done.  Naturally, when I have so much to take care of that’s not
  work related, work has heated up as well.  My days are scheduled
  down to the last half hour for the next week.  Sigh.  Good
  thing I really like my job.

  Going to Bjornsborg this weekend with D to attend their event and sit
  under Lady Azure’s pavilion.  Should be lots of fun, and I’m
  looking forward to it.  After that, I’m staying home until I have
  to leave for SF.  One or two last rounds of phone calls making
  sure everything is ready for the Rose event, finishing up the gate
  brochure, web site and all the other paperwork.  Sending it all
  down with O or maybe A, so it will be there early Friday.  Will be
  a busy few weeks!

  • 9:59 pm
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