Bill Roper's Journal

I may not have gotten everything done that I would have hoped to get done, but a lot of things are done.

Tomorrow is Picnicon. The weather forecast for tomorrow is absolutely gorgeous and I'm hoping that it holds. Sam and Bonnie went out and picked up a number of items from the store today. I picked up a few more items later. Tomorrow morning, we hit Sam's Club to grab meat and buns and then we will be on our way. I have collected all the names of everyone who has RSVP'd and have them on a little list which I really should remember to take with me so that Gretchen doesn't have to text me a photograph of it. :)

I also used up some rewards certificates at DXL, ordering some shirts on-line and running out to pick them up this afternoon. Earlier, Gretchen and I got lunch, picked up the Walmart order, and grabbed lunch for the kids to bring home.

And I sent out a first trial run for the computer-based first half of our APBA season and am now waiting for the updates from the rest of the league. The final run for the first half (the one that counts) will be next Saturday so that everyone can get rolling.

Tonight, Gretchen and I finished the ninth season of "Suits". We enjoyed it.

We have 10 episodes of "Pearson" that will also go away at the end of the month, but -- to be honest! -- my desire to watch Chicago politics is sharply limited by my proximity to the real thing. :)

If you were planning on heading up to Deerfield tomorrow for Picnicon, the annual ISFiC picnic, please don't, because we would not want you to arrive there and be sad.

We have looked at the rainy forecast for tomorrow and have decided that we will not be trying to hold Picnicon in the rain. If the weather turns out clear and sunny (which seems unlikely), we'll be sad, but not as sad as we would be trying to move everything through the rain. :)

Thanks!