I vowed I would not blog until the Eriol layout was up. Happily, this morning I was able to upload the last two images, and I figured out what the heck I was doing wrong with my table. -.-;

Hisashiburi, desu ne? Yes, the layout still needs some work. Yes, the picture isn't as good as it good be. My Photoshop skillz aren't exactly up to par, but I'm working on it. This is the first layout I've put together from scratch, me, myself, no one helping. *^_^* So naturally it still has some suckage factor. ^^;; Even so, I'm moderately proud of the fact I was able to accomplish this at all.

Saa! It's been a busy past few days for tay-chan! My parents flew in Sunday night, so before that I did a lot of cleaning up around the house, etc. And I must confess, sinfully spent Sunday working on the Eriol layout -- scrapped the original layout, because the picture was WAY too big. I still need to find another site to host the images, because Dencity is really dying on me. ^^

Last Friday night we went to see "Shrek," and I enjoyed it. Mike Myers is too much fun. I'd like to see it again, but I can wait 'til it comes out on DVD. =^_^= And on Saturday, we went to see "The Mummy Returns" again in the theater. I do love that movie! Yes, it has some total cheese, but it's so much fun! And I've fallen in love with Ardeth Bay, the tattooed Magi. He's too cool, and very handsome. *niko*

Anyhow, parental visit. We didn't do anything with them Sunday, because they flew out around eight and they wanted to get settled, and it's an hour and a half round-trip to the airport. (They stayed at the Hampton Inn for Sunday night.) Monday, I dragged becki along for the trip to Mt. St. Helen's. It was a total washout; first there was bad fog as we drove up, then when we got to Johnston Point, it started snowing. The highlight there was watching the "Majestic Mt. St. Helen" video where, at the end, they retracted the movie screen, opened the curtains, and we got a good view of...lots of snow and mist. ^^;; The whole room was chuckling.

Tuesday, I was off work. Yay! *waves flags* Well, not yay for my checkbook, but I just got my state tax return, so it all balances out somehow. *niko* So I spent the day working on resumes and playing "Vagrant Story." Oh yeah! I beat "Vagrant Story" on Monday night, so the replay game absolutely kicks all kinds of ass. Ashley's statistics are terrific.

That evening, they came over for pre-dinner wine and cheese. ^^ This is the part where I reflect over the fact that my parents are total snobs, but I love them anyhow. They approved of the wine and cheese, then Dad picked out a restaurant from those in the area. I printed out directions for him from Yahoo!Maps (don't laugh, you know you've done it) gave him the directions, and proceeded to get lost myself. ^^;; I, um, took the wrong exit. We had dinner at McCormick's and it was excellent. I ate too much. >.<

And yesterday evening, we had dinner at Wildwood Restaurant in Portland. I had another opportunity to get lost, and promptly took it. Becki is not exactly impressed with my driving skills, lately. -.- Dinner was very nice, good conversation and company, and the parents are considering retiring somewhere in the Oregon area. NOOOOOOO!! They really like the vineyards out here, and wine is one of their primary hobbies. I was only peripherally aware of the vineyards out here. >.> I'm a beer-and-mixed-drinks type. <.<

Overall, the visit was much less stressful than tayMom's visit. ^_^;;; Excellent food, too. 'Nyway....oh, I had an interview yesterday, too, and I think it went fairly well. *crosses fingers* I don't want to jinx anything, but... Anyhow, the position would be a good one for me. ^______________^

I'm going to work on "Ouroborous" today -- those of you on tayfic know what I'm talking about -- and do real work, too. *^_^* Tonight, I fully plan on relaxing on the couch with a BK dinner, beer, and "Dungeons and Dragons." Gotta watch it; it's due tomorrow.

I don't actually have anything coherent to say right now; I'm exhausted by the past five days and ready for the weekend. Lots more happened that I won't put in the blog. ^^ There's no need to whinge about it after the fact. Maybe I'll make another entry later today...if I ever get my head screwed on straight!

For anyone looking for updates to my page: it's all on tayfic, honestly. I haven't been able to get to Dencity to tinker with anything in the longest time. ^^;; I'm searching for a good new site-host and as soon as I or Priya have a layout for it, there will be a mass move.

Ja, mata!