A productive day . . . .

1. I dropped the truck off before school. Got it inspected and had an oil change done. No repairs needed for the inspection. (It cost me about $700 last year). Total cost today was under $60. Note: I got the truck inspected a whole two days before the deadline.

2. Went to a brief doctor's appointment. All is well.

3. Got keys made like I said I would a week ago.

4. Went to the RMV and renewed my license -- more than two months before it expired. Yes, I had to wait, but I got a bunch of grades tabulated.

5. Went to the pharmacy.

6. Got Chinese food.

Gotta go. Be back later.

A little more . . . and a little about Birka . . .

1. Go to Birka. Get new LJ friends. Welcome to: donastraya, owynn and trilobites, as well as buffpixie, an old friend in spiffy new clothes.

2. I will post more about Birka. I promise. It was a great time. In her LJ, chrystie69 has links to the .wav file of the peer-student panel (it is big and long), as well as some terrific pictures of the protege ceremony for me and thumper_montoya. As soon as I get the file to evilnicola, there will be text from the panel discussion, too.

3. The highlight for me was the large number of peopel who came to share my joy at the beginning of a relationship with thumper_montoya. I am lucky that he has agreed to work with me, and I was thrilled by the number of folks who stopped by.

4. One of the best times at the whole thing came Saturday night when elzregina and her lord invited us over. D. was quite generous with his bottle of 21-year-old Portwood-aged Macallan. Smooth as smooth can be. Met some wonderful Caer Adamant folks and had a great time.

5. Finally, of course, I was incredibly proud of ladytat. You did it, hun! And you did it well.