After all the work yesterday I didn’t sleep comfortably. At one point I got up and took pics in the den where Sawyer and Emmy were sleeping. They went to sleep so fast last night I was amazed
Sawyer was so cute when I got out of bed around 8 and he told me he wouldn’t let Emmy wake me up. I made cheesy eggy hash browns for breakfast. They had fun sorting through my earrings and pairing them up. Rae showed up for Sawyer and I spent time brushing out Emmy’s hair while she applied the press on nails her mom bought her. They are really something for an 8 year old lol. Her grandma picked her up to go shopping for school shoes.
Once everyone was gone I mowed the lawn and tidied up inside. Around two in the afternoon I noticed that my muscles around my rib cage were sizing up. I’m not terribly surprised as everything in the shed was moved out, sorted and put back in, as well as heavy totes from inside the house
I took a long hot shower and an extra strength Advil, but it barely made a dent in the discomfort. Standing outside I heard the click of my gate and it was Diana dropping off a gift she’d misplaced for my birthday. I love it!
At 5 pm I joined the group gathering for Rotary in the Rocks it was outdoor bocce at Colombo and I found myself having a great time in spite of being seized up. It was lovely to chat with Ben and Sven about their immigration experiences as teenagers. Two rounds of bocce was a great deal of fun. And I was sent home with leftover sandwiches, veggies, fruit and peach pie! Lunch for tomorrow to look forward to!
Had a nice chat with the ABC lot this morning and then got myself over to pick up Sawyer. We dropped Lukas at work for noon where I ducked the chef’s jeep
and then picked up three bags of salt chunks to add to my water softener system. I took him to Centex for the first time and we had a picnic back at home of Chester’s chicken. Over the next 3 hours we emptied my metal shed, sorted by season and to keep or not. We made a run to the Salvation Army thrift with two boxes of vinyl that Jake had already gone through and a large IKEA bag full of bags. I kept 4 of the albums and had a good laugh at this one
We even brought several totes out of the house to the shed further opening up my den. Missy was being odd and it was no surprise as I noted the temp on my weather station!
Emmy showed up and we had a quick visit with her sisters. Gwen wanted to stay over but understood she can when she is a bit older. I had to block my driveway as the across the street neighbours company turned in my driveway with a truck and made an actual chewed up area.
Emmy and Sawyer helped me with the last chore for the day, moving all the shingles that Roger and I scooped from Bills supply out at Moyie. We wagoned them over and put them in the shed until I can get them on it. Both those kids are strong!
I made them a nummy dinner of Alfredo sauce stirred up with bow tie pasta, tuna and peas. It was a hit. We then watched two movies, The Willoughbys, and IF, had some popcorn and laughs.
Randomly I started my day with asking ChatGPT to create an avatar one of my pictures and it cracked me up when it said that it was a punk rock princess
My day was productive and ended with spending the evening at Encore. Deb & Dave joined me and we watched Tennyson King and Lindi Ortega perform. It was most enjoyable and it was lovely to see him again.
They are both incredible Singer songwriters. I do love her dark songs, clearly driven from loss.
Tennyson got Deb to take a picture of us with his vintage style Polaroid and that was much more fun than a selfie
Up early and on the treadmill for the third time this week. Also still haven’t smoked since Saturday morning. Baby steps towards my goals.
Rotary was interesting as Penny Coyle from sunrise. Rotary got up and asked for volunteers for Gran Fondo. By the end of the meeting, it was felt best that I would be most helpful as the parking crew coordinator and I had already recruited three of the four volunteers I need. Should be a fun day although I told her it showed how much I love her that I will be out at Saint Eugene Mission before 7 o’clock on a Saturday morning.
The other speakers at the meeting were relatively young veterans who have formed the committee about the restoration and upkeep of the cenotaph in Rotary Park. The history of it was very interesting and it has moved four times and shall not be moved again, but they wish to build a fence around it and I thought one of the most beautiful things was that they were not here to ask us for funds, but rather ask us how they can raise funds. It was actually a very beautiful moment. I stopped so Ashley could let her dog out and ducked the Jeep that was parked beside me.
I spent late afternoon early evening working on my schedule of things for while I’m away, including what days I will need to run payroll and file government filings and what time it will be there at midnight mountain standard time. I feel a bit relieved even getting that much figured out already.
It should work out most days that when I am back on the ship from adventures, it will be time to run payroll.
I did stop at Rotary Park to see there was a new arrangement of things on site and had quite a few lovely catch-up conversation conversations with people who flagged me down. One of them was Doug Mitchell who completely caught me off guard by asking if I would be interested in Minh for the Locals. It is a monthly performance of local musicians at the studio stage door and he said they have had before, but they’re not Marnée. That was a lovely compliment and exactly what I needed so of course I told him I would be honoured and he will get the schedule to me soon for the winter
I’m not sure why Lyhne with velvet wasn’t the opener at the park instead I saw that it was Slo Jo Crow playing
Maddisun and her full band played out the evening. It was nice to see her so happy.
Also sticking to my commitments to me, I decided to come home and make dinner rather than spend more money out and about.
I seem to be really processing my spot on this planet in this space in the overall what do I wanna do with the next 20 years of my life?
I found myself on the edge of tears, too many times today
I did manage to get a lot of work done as well as book Rae’s flight home with me from Florida using my AirMiles and give her information about getting to Fort Lauderdale to meet me on November 16. I met her, Bill and Deanne, Roger, Dee and Lukas after work for a bevie and then Bill, Deanne and I stayed behind and had something to eat at Encore. Good thing I stayed as I ended up having to run up to the house as Lukas had gone home with Bill’s keys in his pocket.
I am currently watching AGT and planning to hit the hay early again
Fell asleep thinking I early so I woke at 3,4, 5 & 6 before finally getting up. I spent time on the treadmill.
Then I spent time on the work ‘treadmill’.
5 pm EdFest meeting. Pretty sure I am done with it. Bob McCue has been asked to emcee Friday and Brad McCue will on Saturday. They already do all the things theatrical.
I no longer feel that I am valued as a performer in this town. I suppose that’s ok as it peels away the strings that bind me here.
Rae asked me to book her flights to join me in Florida!!
I slept well I n the back of my car but kept waking up cold as I should have brought another layer. It was still 15 Centigrade at 10 am!
I had a coffee with Paul before he headed off fishing. Elva and I sat and read and relaxed. I needed to get warmed up so I loaded up my car
Just before noon I headed out and drove up to rain. I still went through a basic car wash to get the dust and mud from the week rinsed off.
Once home, I unloaded everything, put on a load of laundry, did a couple payroll assists, and then sunk into a fabulous bath while I watched Shrinking.
Now it is only 8:30, i’ve had dinner and I am ready for bed. it has been a most unusual week!
I woke up at a ridiculous early time as I had gone to bed early. This let me enjoy a couple coffees and watch my shows before packing up the car and heading to the spot that Elva had dropped a pin for me to find. Honestly, it was one of the best days ever going out on the boat hanging around the beach playing with the dogs, enjoying great fun playing ticket to ride Amsterdam and exploding kittens. Levi and Sam, Elva and Paul and myself all seem to get along well and had a great afternoon, followed by convos around the fire with Elva, Paul and I
I was very impressed by the outhouse that someone built and not gonna lie and very grateful. I set up my car but only with the inflatable mattress in the back I decided not to put the tent over as I’m leaving tomorrow and it is very dusty and dirty. My battery pack for my CPAP and turning my phone is working well and I’m just so grateful to be here.
I had a decent sleep, my power pack kept my CPAP going and charged my battery honestly it rained off and on in the night and misted and drizzled throughout the morning. Just before 10 Sawyer and I went for a short swim. As you can tell by the pictures it was comfortable in the water but a bit chilly out
Jeff and Roger made a delicious pancake breakfast. Roger got me to drive his truck up the access road where he met me with a quad and I hopped on to do a couple trips gathering shingles to redo my shed. Bill kindly told me to take what I need. we took the time to pick and eat some huckleberries while we were at it. I also took a picture of the one I mistakenly ate which Roger said may be poison but I used an app to identify it as Brides Bonnet and I shall not die
Before I left Rae let me know she was considering doing the week in WDW with me. I was surprised and I think it would be great as we did have fun together as n Vegas. It would also make that week cheaper for me as she would kick in.
I headed homeward around 12:30 and met a couple birds who were not afraid of me. I suspect there was a nest nearby
Once home, I unloaded the car and worked in the yard for a while. I cut back the hollyhocks that had fallen over and bagged for transfer station.
I then took a long bath and watched the documentary about the Biggest Loser show.
Now I am curled n my chair watching the next season of Acapulco in n AppleTV before heading to bed.
I intend to join Paul and Elva camping out past Kookanusa for an overnight tomorrow. That is, if I can find them with the directions she sent as there is also sketchy connections out there.
So much to get done today! Checked it off and headed to buy buns and snacks at Safeway before my nail appointment with Minh at 5. Turns out he’d had a scary experience of his hands seizing up earlier in the day and was going to cancel but saw it was me at days end and stuck it out. Unfortunately that made him running late and I finally was done and picked up my sleep over stuff to leave home at 7. It should take at least 45 minutes but I shaved off 15 to make it to the cabin by 7:30. Dinner was still available for me which was delicious; baked beans, brisket and potato salad. Rae’s peanut butter chocolate cheesecake was made by Jeff and was unbelievably good. I cracked a bottle of the ‘fancy’ wine that I was gifted by the owners after RTK, Chronos Cab Sauvignon and it was really good. We gathered round the fire and enjoyed each other’s company before the others all headed off to bed. I am sitting in the dark enjoying the fire. It is good to be me.
On the way to my Rotary meeting this morning, I was stopped at a light by a car that lived up to the deck on the back of it disturbing the peace since 1987. It did entertain me.
The lunch guest was Debra Parker who just won the Masters time trial and road race cycling and is off to the world’s where she has placed before. She has a local Mortgage Broker who I know from her office in the Groundfloor and I love that we are reconciling Local heroes. Also part of the meeting involved welcoming for a members who are all of a younger age than The average there which is also impressive.
Norm was the sergeant at arms and it may not make sense to everyone, but it was entertaining
I got a lot of work done this afternoon and then headed out to meet Elva for a bite to eat at Fenwick & Baker before heading to watch the Unfaithful Servants from Vancouver Island at Summer sounds in Rotary Park. Quin, the fiddle player, I knew from my crew at music fest back in the day and they also played there in 2019. I wore my shirt with their name on the back and it was great to see him and reconnect. It was nice when Ward did a shout out that they were there because of me as I had recommended them last year and they are the first band that they brought back two years in a row. There was a really good crowd and the evening was lovely although there must’ve been a sound issue because the volume was not high enough. I did buy a CD and have a great chat. It was very nice to hang out with Elva and Monica joined us towards the end.
A woman actually stopped me in the park to tell me she was from Halifax and recognized that Quin was an extraordinarily gifted player and if I could connect him to come play there to please let her knowas her son is a fiddle player, and she would love to connect them. I did let Quin know if they ever want to head east I could help them to make a connection.
Oh, and a small side bar lol it is my beautiful first child’s 41st birthday today. I am proud of the human. She has been come and look forward to seeing her tomorrow. 
I took a couple pictures in the pitch black before I went to bed last night around 11. One was the circle of my headlamp which resembled a moon. I had a terrible time trying to get to sleep. I didn’t bring my CPAP machine with me. I couldn’t get comfortable, although the mattress was amazing I still found my ankle to be uncomfortable. Once I did get to sleep, I woke up many times in the night and finally at 4:49. I decided I would get up and go to the bathroom before the cold hit and I would have to, and maybe there would still be some of the meteor shower left. As it happens, the moon was making it as bright as morning, and I didn’t even need a flashlight. I took a picture from near the trailer. I was in and one in the exact same spot that I took after the fire at nine; amazing difference.
11:00 pm4:49 am
Of course, I manage to get a little scratch on my foot from the raspberry bushes that Sawyer said he would clip away and I told him not to worry about it, sigh. He was more worried about me than I was, and it was right.
I got up I think around eight or nine can’t remember and went and sat on the deck, intending to read my book when suddenly people started appearing from every direction and a coffee was presented. I had a couple cups and then headed my way back to town.
Went home. I got showered and headed off to the office to get a little bit done before heading to the Rotary board meeting. We were very productive and I enjoyed the delicious Yorkies at the Heid-out.
Sometime after one, back at the office, I did get a lot of work done over the course of the afternoon and was very surprised when I stepped out to find how smoky it is. Turns out there’s a few fires just south of us. It is the first smoke of the summer though so that’s pretty amazing given the last couple of bad fire Summers.
Once home, I made a delicious meal and then sat with my feet up, watching my shows and giving myself a break. It is definitely time to head to bed though.
I dropped off my donations to the Salvation Army, picked up the labels for my cider and then worked to complete a client’s quarter and file his GST. When all was done, and my Hello Fresh had arrived, I stopped at Spadukes to grab $49 worth of Snow Crab (2.5 lbs), hit home to pick up bedding, and Rae’s birthday present before heading out to their family compound at Moyie Lake. Ashlée had given me permission to stay in her trailer and it is the first time I will be staying out there with the family and friends. I have to go back in the morning for a Rotary board meeting but will come out again Friday night for the weekend. Rae liked her pour over single serve coffee maker with filters, and the cider that I made
Jeff and Roger put together an amazing spread and we all had a great evening together although Roger and Bill had to work on getting the well pump operational again. Rae, Dee and I sat around the fire and visited.
At 9:30 everyone headed to bed and Bill sat with me for a while chatting before he headed off. I further wet the area around the fire and stirred the fire to watch as it flared up and burned down to embers.
There is supposed to be a big meteor shower tonight but I’m not sure I will stay up late enough to see it.
Also, the internet is sketchy here, so this probably won’t post tonight
Hard to get to sleep, awake at 8, at the office by 10 or so after stopping at Fest site to drop off key to Rae.
Bit of a daze getting going but overall the day was productive and included a lunch meeting at Heid-Out with Laurie about upcoming business plans. the prime rib donair was divine.
At one point Rae came by the office to drop off $200 in Encore gift cards as a tip for a job well done. I sent a $25 one with her for Will. I sent a big thank you to Nesta for her thoughtfulness.
It was lovely to get texts from tour managers with thanks today.
Came home after working on my own books for a while. It is hot… and when I glanced up it said it was 39 C out! By the time I grabbed my phone it was slowly dropping so I’m not sure if it had earlier hit 40
I completely forgot that earlier today I got an email from the Chamber of Commerce asking me to be one of the judges for the business excellence awards this year ! This makes me so happy to be asked and I said, of course I am honoured. Too bad I won’t be here for the actual awards, but I will be on my cruise so…. you know.
I was on site by 8, set up my coffee station and then cleaned up the stage and area as it was Disgusting due to one of the bands partying last night after the cleanup. I know it wasn’t my job but I couldn’t have today’s bands arrive and see it that way.
Will arrived and helped me set up the rooms. I really valued his help this weekend.
I am honestly so exhausted that the day is a blur
First up was Haywire
I liked the guys and they were kind to me
Next was Aaron Pritchett who filled in when Saga couldn’t make it. Aaron and his fiancée Sandi were just the most lovely humans and although I’d not heard his music before, I was super impressed. Later in the day I returned to my chair to find that they had left me the roses they’d been given.
I was trying to pay for my lunch at a vendor when a pop they had on display exploded. Fortunately my glasses took most of it. It was scary though! That is how hot it was
I found this interesting
When Sweet arrived, band member and road manager, Stevie Stewart wrapped me in the biggest hug and said he was so glad to meet me! All their members were sweet! And boy they can play!
Colin James was so fun when he arrived for sound check. Had a great convo about how he felt responsible for Bonnie Raitt’s bad hair at MusicFest as he was talking to her rather than letting her get ready. He closed out the night and I was able to catch a short bit before returning to the locker room area to clear up for the night.
But this point I was beyond exhausted and my feet were on fire. I couldn’t stand still. I was ok if I kept walking. I had to go up top and have a bevie with the crew or I would just cry awaiting them clearing out of the dressing room. I returned to find that Roy, the city employee had cleared the room. I almost cried as I was so very grateful. Will and I finished bringing everything up and handed it off to the Encore team.
It was an amazing weekend but I do plan on being in better shape for next year
So, the stats are in… actual steps… first my usual average and then each day
It is no wonder it has taken a couple hours every night to have my nerves settle in my ankle and legs.
Up at 7, got ready and headed to the arena. I am a little stiff and last night it was hard to sleep as my ankle burned and ached and I couldn’t get comfortable. I did manage however to get a good start on things before Will showed up around nine to finish setting up the rooms with me. We had four rooms today instead of three so that much more to do. He really was a good helper, and according to his mom, he’s having a great time doing it. It’s nice to spend this time with him.
A lot of the day is just a blur of getting things done. There were some great moments in it for sure.
1. Trevor Thor, who works for the city and Is the, I suppose, promoter for this event came and sat out with Rae-Anne and me where we had a very good discussion about what should happen next year. Rae and I had already been talking about it how we will do it different. I think part of her was surprised that I said I do want to do it again. It’s a lot of hours for how much my contract is, but that is also the way it was for music fest. I prefer not to count ours and worry about it. Just be grateful that I’m getting paid for doing something that I am good at it and enjoy. It is worth the physical pain and mental drain ha ha I was happy that Trevor thought the coffee station was a great idea, and I said that I would like to set up a nonalcoholic beverage station as well instead of putting the same things in every room and then bringing them all out again at the end of the night. He thought that was a great idea.
2. I personally paid for some items for a couple of the bands that I wanted them to have and not blow the budget for the bidder. I am very pleased to say that the entire 54 40 crew was blown away by the brown M&M jar that I made with the help of Ashley Mainville at Ground Floor coworking space
3. Layla, who works for one of my clients in the same space I am in, ended up volunteering because I sent her information to do so and it was awesome to see her enjoying herself. I also really appreciated that she posted how happy she was to see me in my element. Isn’t it weird how strange it is to feel seen.
4. 5 Man Electrical Band. They had some awesome humans that were very grateful and respectful… and that was before they even played!
5. Men Without Hats. What’s there to say, they still put on a great show and were also very sweet to me
6. The Trews. What’s to say, their road manager, Brandon Bliss, lived up to his name. I super enjoyed working with him. Just after they hit the stage he asked if I could order a Dominos pizza for when they were done. I recruited Gene to go pick it up and was able to introduce him as the small boy who saw them come to TM Roberts elementary school 14 years ago to sing Highway of Heroes with the gym full of kids. They were so sweet meeting him.
7. 54•40 Full stop.
8. 54•40 is the band I have seen the most times in my life. I was so happy to finally see Matt come down the hall towards me and then watch his face as it clicked. I am very out of place for him and we haven’t seen each other for years even if I’ve seen him play. I met him when our boys, now 29 and 31, were in daycare together on Salt Spring Island. I was part of his host team for many events on SSI and once held a regular spot on the band’s guest list. I miss and treasure those days.
9. Once again, Roy the night guy at the Rec Centre helped me clean up the last green room so I could go home. He is a good human
10. The security guard let me know there was only one person left in the last green room and as I went to push the door open, it swung open and Matt wrapped me in his arms and didn’t let go for a long time. He said I love you as he strolled off. What a perfect 10 ending to a wonderful day.
I met Rae at Encore before 9 and Will helped me load up the trays, and buckets of ice. The morning was a bit frustrating as there were no tables in the green rooms so we couldn’t get set up. They finally arrived and we moved the mountains. Will is a good hard worker. I do love the time during sound check when the air is palpable with anticipation.
Unfortunately there was no security downstairs so I hung out down there reading for a few hours. At least I am reading the Bruce Springsteen biography which is on point. I met each of the tour managers and gave out wristbands, a welcome and all the details they would need.
Odds were first to inhabit their dressing room and enjoyed the provisions. They did say they should shorten their rider as they didn’t need everything like 20 years ago. I appreciate that and we had a good laugh. It is funny that when you are younger it seems like the bands you enjoy must be quite older. As it happens, they are now my peer group. I was glad I had time to go up and enjoy. I had a great talk with the lead singer who’s from Port Moody and played lacrosse against the salmonbellies back in the day but figured that we wouldn’t have run across each other because he was so much older than me. He did not look so much older than me and was shocked that there is only a year difference and we graduated in the same year. Not going to lie that made me feel good.
Odds were truly the most fun!
Next up was Streetheart and they always put on a good show.
The numbers were down this year so far, but the crowd was seemingly very happy whenever I managed to pop up from the dungeon
Honeymoon Suite were also a lot of fun and I was so happy when one of the members mentioned that the only thing he ever asked for on the rider is chocolate bars, and I had supplied them. I did have to kick them out in the end told them to take the food, etc., back to their hotel room as I have to be back at eight in the morning. As soon as they left, a couple of the guys from the arena helped me empty the room so the janitor could do his thing and then I left and got home by 11:30.
A very satisfying day and my ankle survived it. It’s only aching a bit in spite of 17,571 steps.
I started off the morning at the office. I submitted the temporary food permit for Ed Fest by fax and by mid afternoon something that it said might take two weeks was done and permit is in hand. I received an incredible email from Brad at Key City thanking me for what I do and how I do it and how much they appreciate me. It really really really meant a lot.
I modelled my tiara at the office
I was standing out on the sidewalk when I heard a woman say hey bitch and I looked up from my phone to a wonderful surprise of Marlisa Keyes from Sandpoint, the district governor’s wife, walking down the sidewalk towards me. She and I enjoyed spending time together at our conferences and we had a big hug eager to spend more time together at lunch.
Ashley and I went together to Rotary lunch and I loved sitting with my friends listening to David’s talk, which I filmed for our archives and getting some good quality visit time and conversations in with Marlisa. She brought up the sad end into the conference and expressed clearly that she was as disappointed as I was when the booing began. We also had a good long talk about the show that I’ve watched about the college students that were murdered in Moscow, Idaho. She said it was such a ripple effect that her family had connections with the loss. I wish she lived closer and we could hang out more. Al Dyck, the assistant Governor introduced David. I always enjoy chatting with him.
After the meeting, we had a short board meeting with David and he is really stoked about how great our club is.
I dropped Ashley off at the office and picked up William who came with me to pick up my cider that had been bottled, drop it off at my place, empty the water out of my kayak and cover it with a tarp, and get my folding table to bring to the arena. We spent three hours organizing all the food and beverages by band and day, ready for tomorrow. He was such a good worker. I am glad he is my hired helper. We partially set up the coffee station and I hung a piece of art that my friend April had done for one of the music fests. I think it looks great.
After I dropped Will off at home, I went to Encore and created the final schedule of pick up for pizzas for the bands and shopping list for Saturday and Sunday for any perishables.
I then came home and dug out charging cords and things to bring with me and I am surprisingly tired already lol.
I don’t know why I didn’t sleep well last night. It felt like there may have been noises that woke me up, but I am unaware of them. 2:11 AM., 5:14 AM and then finally seven something when I just got out of bed. I know I should’ve gone on the treadmill as I committed to it only yesterday, but I was tired and discombobulated so I worked a little on my puzzle and had my coffee and was at the office at a decent time.
I did get many things knocked off my list today in anticipation of not being available for the next few days. Some of my clients make me laugh because they think they are bookkeepers but when I ask some questions, they don’t understand the lingo and I have to honestly dumb it down. However, it was really funny today when after many weeks of communicating about something and finally getting it solved for her, she called me a queen. This was just after I had showed Keri the tiara that I bought to wear for the weekend as the hospitality queen. It literally made me laugh out loud when I got her email. I let her know this and we had a good chuckle. Wayne brought his puppy, River, to visit just as I had received my ‘potentially last’ of my Star Wars collection Lego and there was a similarity.
At 5 o’clock, I was at Key City Theatre for a meeting about ad Fest and I can tell you that it wasn’t a award winning performance for me as when I walked in I found myself sharing a table with the person from my previous board who created the situation of me leaving. He said hello I said hello. It was all very polite and then it was very clear when I mentioned something addressing him politely and his rude response that I could not work with him in any capacity. I was so disappointed because this was supposed to be in my safe place. After the meeting , I asked the organizer why he was there and he seemed as baffled as I was and said that he did not know any tension between us so I had done a good job to hide it. I do know that should that person continue to be involved I would not want to be. Does that mean he wins? No I think it means that the event loses.
I was happy that given a problem today I was able to solve it within a couple hours which brought tears of gratitude from the organizers.
I did go to Encore afterwards to meet with Rayann as I thought tonight I was going to be organizing the things that were dropped off today at the arena however it seems a better plan is to bring Will there with me late tomorrow afternoon as he is on payroll and we will get things done.
I had a lovely visit with Rae’s best friend Dee-Anne and there was a funny moment when I recognized a guy and couldn’t place him so I finally just asked him how I knew him. He is the partner with my friend Kyah, and it’s so funny how my brain didn’t place him as a single human in the environment. I always knew him as a couple with her. He was there to pick up their food and we end up having a great long conversation. Ryan is a lovely human and it was great to get to know him better. Lord, please let me remember his name next time I see him.
triumphgal 