Well I’ve spent most of the day at home today doing very little. And that’s exactly what I needed. I’ve got a huge weekend coming up and I’m going to have to be perky and on top of things in order for it to be successful.

See, we’ve got a whole bunch of Civil War historians converging on the museum tomorrow to go over our historical content outline for the USS Monitor Center.

We will present.

They will bless it.

At least that’s what I hope.

There’s also a treat tomorrow night as Paul Mardikian, the chief conservator of the CSS Hunley will give us an update on what’s going on with that ship! Should be fun.

The early concept sketches of the Monitor Center are looking incredible. I know that things will change drastically over the next few years, but it’s so very cool right now and folks are beginning to get excited. Yay!

I have no idea how Saturday will go – or for how long. I’m supposed to drive up to DC Saturday evening for a Mike and Lexy event, but at this point I don’t even know what time I’m getting off work. I really want to go, so hopefully the meeting will wind down at a decent hour.

The lecture yesterday went swimmingly, by the way. The group was just a crackerjack bunch and they really got into the topic. What made me extra happy is that two folks whose opinions I value highly told me that I did a good job.

One of them was one of our docents – Eric. Eric is one of the most incredible human beings I’ve ever met. He’s in his 80s and is into everything. He is a beekeeper, he has kiwis growing all over his roof, he has a drinking club and he loves his wife more than anything. He is the definition of a curmudgeon and is indirectly responsible for my current wardrobe. (He complains about long skirts. Now mind you, I didn’t go out and buy a bunch of short skirts for Eric – but he made me think about it, so I tried one on and I liked it. So thank you Eric!). I’ve found a picture of him that I’ll try to post here later.

So anyway, Eric approved of the lecture – which meant so much to me. Then today David Jones came in to compliment me on the lecture.

That’s right – David Jones. At a maritime museum. And he does have a locker there.

He’s one of our security officers and he’s absolutely wonderful. His kind words meant a lot too.

Well – it’s time to cook dinner and I think we’re gonna try our hand at dim sum. Could be a comedy of errors – but it’ll probably taste ok.