Weekend Wrap-up

Well, its been another packed filled weekend for Ianuk and Ivan.

Saturday

I drove to Phoenix for a scribal college day at Master Raffelle's house.  This was the first time in about 3 years that i have driven anywhere by myself.  A few things that I realized were

• I can turn the music up as LOUD as I want to! <yeah>
• I can continue to mess with the radio as much as I want! <yeah>
• That is was really weird not to hear mel's voice or the *shuffle*Shuffle*shoonk*shoonk* of his weaving.
• My truck really, really, really needs to be detailed.

The scribal thing went really well, I learned how to do wax seals, some new blending techniques and how to do gold leaf.  Unfortunately, it looks like I will have to do sheet gold for my A&S project which is much harder to do than dutch gold.  I'm thinking I better have alex or catherine with me when I attempt it.  I expect I will have to re-do the scroll a few times before its correct.  I had dinner with Lady Corinne, Lord Godfrey and HL Bertana (aka HMS bertana!).  Was a lot of fun.

The ironic thing is that most folks couldn't believe that I drove up to Phx for classes and then was driving home that night.  Sheesh!  Pheonicians are crazy!  Its not that bad.  I even got home by 9:45pm and the traffice was marvelous.  Especially since the 101 to 202 loop is completed on the SE side of Phx.  I made it from Scottsdale (where we had dinner) to the Firebird racetrack exit on I-10 in 18 minutes.  Could never do that on I-10...just would never happen.

When I got home mel and our friends Mughi and Drew had just gotten back from dinner and Harry Potter.  Mel liked it so much that he suggested we see it Sunday morning before fighter practice.  I'm like "OK!" Cause I was trying to figure out when I could see it, even if it was by myself.  Read a little bit and hit bed by midnight.

Sunday

Well, I woke up to the cats playing with a piece of leather from the living room on the bed where I was sleeping.  Grrrr!  The furrballs just love to torment me when I'm not awake.  Mel didnt' even realize what was happening until I groggily got up.  I check movie times and we had just enough time for a quick shower and for me to eat my toast on the way to the theater for the 10:15 show of HP.

I knew that going in it would not be the same as the book and new that the director had a different style.  I was not disappointed at all.  It hit all of the main points of the book and the cinematorgraphy was awesome!  The fades especially from season to season where great!  We went home quick, changed clothes and made it to FP exactly ontime.  Took a bit a siesta while waiting for Zippy and Mina and had really good FP.  Frustrating for me because I was working through a caffiene/sinus headache and learning new stuff but good.  Came home, mel made dinner and we hit the hay pretty early.

All in all a good weekend but I didn't really get anything done but I did learn stuff, so not so bad.  This week I've got lots to do.  So, I better get cracking.