So; ...Friday night I went out and got a China cabinet I found on Freecycle. Had some help getting it; and now it's settled happily in my apartment. However, if I can't get the smoker's stench out of it I will have to give it away. Arghs! It's very pretty and I DO want to keep it...so I'm trying everything.

Afterwards, joined Jess, Dave, Ruffer, Sparky and Danny for dinner at Elsa's. Had a Bad Juan, and immediately got tipsy-ish. (Ruffner SWEARS I was drunk, I disagree). Had good times, laughed a lot - even if Dave and Jess didn't win the savings race, they came out ahead with a gorgeous new house!

Saturday, got up to run to Indy for the Mavens meeting. We were warning the manager of the new Noodles and Company downtown what to expect for Gen Con.

( This is where the fun starts... )

The meeting went well. The manager gave us all free dinner cards for Noodles and Company since we were so helpful. Noodles and Co should do really well at Con, they are going to be open extra hours and have give aways and such (like buy one get one cards they are going to see if they can put at the hotels). Got the money for the dice, and it will go into the bank today. Chessex is going to be at Origins, so they can't get to the order til next week anyway.

Snarked at Ben because I could. Kristi and I made plans to use slingshots to get Keeper off the stage at the party if he goes over 30 minutes. (Slingshots to shoot poker chips at him. Our theme is Vegas).

Ben went with me afterwards to Greenwood Park Mall to get my car worked on. We walked about the mall, I saw Aaron and Dustin from Waldenbooks, caught up with them, met Michael Z. Williamson who was doing a book signing (the guy is AWESOME. We were snarking back and forth about Nickelback, Twilight and a host of other things). Realized not much has changed at the mall.

Went over to Kristi and Larry's afterwards to hang out. If I had realized they lived a block away from Crimson Wench, I would have called her to say Hi and gone over at some point. Had I stayed in Indy, I would have bought a house in that area as well, older houses and just gorgeous. The four of us (Kristi, Larry, Ben and I) watched The Spirit (which I liked...a lot actually, we are considering doing the shirts the clones were wearing for con); and played Fusion Somethingorother on the Playstation. It was a lot of fun; though hard. I won the game that was kinda like hungry hippos. Met Kristi's cats - Purty reminded me of Megan; she is definitely a main coon. Headed home about 11 - made it home by 1.

Sunday sucked. I don't do well with Father's Day to begin with for obvious reasons; and I woke up with a splitting headache and allergies. Ran out to get some stuff for the week and forgot toilet paper, so need to do that today. (lesigh). Got home, set alarm for 3 pm, fell asleep. Woke up at 8 pm. Lovely day just wasted. Ughs.

Today, I have a doc's appointment to look at my bruising and what is going on with that; and have no plans for the night.

I'm not supposed to drive any long distances due to the tires on my car, so soon (hopefully) I will have at least the other back tire replaced, and I can get the front ones done one at a time. By August, I should have all four done.

Gained 3 pounds last week. Scale is moving the wrong way, damnit.

Check in please - I know some of you DC/Maryland folk take the metro.

Megs - you don't take the red line, right?