I had a full weekend. Sat, I got some quality Crystal time. We saw The Cinderella story (a delightful piece of fluff), shopped for lighting ideas and in general got a chance to hang. Karen made it home in time to hook up with me and reduce the number of cars needed, so I got a little Karen time as we rushed off to get ready for a party.

The main event for the night was the Annual Parliament of the Rogues. I have been very excited about the costume for this party. It is something I have been working on collecting for about two years and managed to finish A WEEK before the party (I normally and doing final touches the day of so this is impressive). It is based on a character Jenna Elfman did for the movie Can’t Hardly Wait. She was a “dancer” that was dressed as an angle. The hardest component to get my hands on was a gold bikini. Once that was accomplished, the rest of it was easy since I started with an inflatable lute. There appeared to be a trend of rogue-ish innocence at this year’s event. I don’t know if I noticed it because I was part of it or if it really was a trend but we had a delightful Dorothy (Wizard of Oz), a Heidi (the little Dutch girl), and an Angel. There were some other really sweet costumes and a lot of very lovely people. I got some delightful attention and got to talk to cool people. Good party. (wow, I even got the pictures up on the site already) .

I got home very late and when I got up, I headed out again to help a friend rewire his house. He seems to think I have a clue and by rubbing our clues together, we should be able to figure out how to run new power and data lines. We managed to get something done. I got very tired and very frustrated. I can do it but not very well. It is like changing my car’s oil. I know how to do it and can do it and it is so worth paying someone else to do it for me.

I got home in time to go to bed again. This upcoming week is a tad packed as well. I will be fully enjoying what down time I have.