Swimming Day, Trash Day, and Photos of the Ren Fest Fire

It's a swimming day, and a trash collection day, and a laundry and housecleaning day and, and, and - it's Wednesday. Rather typical. There's a lot that I need to get done today - the house looks like a hurricane hit it and Sharon arrives in two weeks. I have to get things cleaned up before she arrives. She won't run away screaming - she knows better. But ... I like having a cleaner house when she arrives. I'm not asking for absolute white-glove clean, but I need to tidy, vacuum, dust, etc. 

I'm starting to run out of summer. 
It's already mid-August and I still 
have a lot to do before Sharon arrives 
for the State Fair. I can hardly wait! 

Renaissance Fest begins this weekend. DH and I have agreed that we will go for opening and closing days and once with Sharon and Chickie. So three times this year. We might decide to show up on another day, but we don't feel obligated to do so. I'm curious to see what burned down and what was erected to replace the burned out shops. We had a lightning strike fire over the winter that destroyed yet another part of our Fest grounds. This is the third time (or maybe even the fourth) where lightning has caused part of our Festival grounds to burn down. The shops are completely empty over the off-season, but it's still a blow for the shop owners. 

An overhead view of the Renaissance Festival fire from 
earlier this year. It was a lightning fire, but it burned quite 
a few buildings before they were able to get it quelled. 

I have my State Fair Blue Ribbon Bargain Books purchased, my State Fair tickets are also purchased, my Ren Fest parking passes are purchased, I guess I'm set for the next few weeks of excitement. Now to get going on my house, continue working on getting the shop ready to close by the end of May, and I really need a deep clean of the computer room. I can easily go through my closet and dump quite a few things that are WAY too big for me, and although I know there's carpet underneath, if I can't clear out some of my dresser drawers, I'll never know it. *sigh* I fully admit I'm not a great housekeeper. I keep a very clean kitchen and living room area, but my study/computer room is a bit of a disaster, and that's my closet and drawers area too. Oh well, it is what it is. All of my efforts this year were focused on my health and on getting the store ready for shut-down. We're running five months late on shut down, but at least my health is excellent. That's a total win - LOL. 

Looking outward from the fire zone. The central building 
had roof damage, but I think it might have escaped the 
worst. There's a swath of shops that totally burnt to the 
ground, however. 

So, have an excellent Wednesday. I'm off to the pool. We'll be outdoors for another two weeks, and I plan on taking advantage of it. Today will probably be crowded, but yesterday was lovely - only a single person sharing my lane. I know I won't get that lucky two days in a row. I'll be back tomorrow. Slava Ukraini.