Another full day. Layla brought pens from The Beatles Shop in the UK. Of course I picked the pink one.
I did a good mix of free and paid work before heading to Encore for dinner with other Founders and the new Friends With Benefits which I will be after this month. The food was delicious. Samples of what may end up on the menu served up with pitchers of beer. The company was great and I got the owners and brewmaster to sign my shirt.
I came home and worked on my puzzle and am now winding down for bed.
What a full Saturday! I got up and did chores before getting ready to pick up Will and Sawyer. We headed for Elkford to celebrate Emmy turning 7 yesterday. It is a nearly two hour drive and we had nice chats on the way.
It was great to see Malcolm and Danika’s home and hang out for a bit. Gwen comes for hugs now and Thea is nearly walking. Emmy was her usual rambunctious self and was very excavate we came to visit her. Danika gave us a sneak peek at the cake and treats for the school friends party. Gwen loved the purse I got Emmy and we had fun playing the game I gave her.
We left with enough time to get gas and be home for Will’s sleepover at a friend’s and my night out.
On the way home they used their calculators to challenge me. I answered all the questions correct until we got to ones with multiplication and division at the beginning and end. I did the math as they spelled it out, the calculator did it by math rules. It was a good learning moment and I left them impressed.
We stopped in Elko for gas as it was only 161.9 as opposed to 178.9 in Cranbrook.
Once back in town, I picked up Monica and we went to the show at Key City. Black and Rural was powerful and beautiful. I wish there had been a larger audience, school groups should have been there. The message was well delivered.
It was a decent day. I enjoyed the talk at Rotary from the president of the Friends of Fort Steele society. It took me down memory lane to when I was paid as an actor in the living history shows. 20 characters a day in crazy hot costumes of the late 1800s. They are bringing back the program this year and asked me if I was interested, lol. If I wasn’t committed to MusicFest, I would be all over that! I did a bunch of work for all my volunteer things today and got a good jump on two files. That was satisfying.
I am now baking Angel Food cake as I am craving. I won’t beat myself up about it, just enjoy it, tomorrow is another day to watch the calories more closely. …. Life is too fricken short to not eat your favourite cake, and it is the cake my mom used to make me for my birthday. AND it is my birthday month, so there.
I am just sad. I can’t shake it. I am productive in life and dejected in soul. It will pass. I have no dark thoughts to worry about. I am just tired, and sad.
triumphgal 