Willamette Valley Music Fest
This post is for the locals. This weekend, May 17-18 is the Willamette Valley Music Fest. In its 38th year, Music Fest features over 30 bands on two stages, an art expo, food vendors and beer and wine concessions. Sponsored by the UO Cultural Forum it is free to everyone! There's a wide variety of music from indie rock to bluegrass, from folk to reggae.
It should be a really warm weekend, and sunny, so folks should wear sunscreen and plan to drink lots and lots of water. TheBoy and I will be there for part of the weekend (I'm not sure which part yet). I'll be running around with my camera, likely getting sunburnt through my SPF 85. If you're local, come out and enjoy some good music. You can find all the pertinent information on the website, and there'll be an insert in this week's Weekly if you want to see it all printed out on paper.
In the interest of full disclosure, I have no financial interest in the WVMF, but I am connected to the Cultural Forum.
Partway in.
Last week began the somewhat frantic and mostly hectic packing of the two offices that my department have inhabited in order to move into our one fancy new space. They began the physical move yesterday and finished it this morning. I do not yet have keys, but we'll remedy that as soon as we get wired for phones and data. Until they do that we can't begin to set up our furniture and printers. We're happy with the space otherwise and we love our color choices. Eggplant/plum and artichoke heart green:
The green looks yellow here and we're pretty sure that's due to the regular bulbs in the lights. We're going to be replacing those will full-spectrum bulbs in hopes that that will give us more true color both in our walls and with projects that come out of our printer. We're pleased anyway, although the most common comment has been "those are interesting colors." Meh. We like it.
And near our office is a bathroom where the 80's still reign. Bright seafoam green and bright purple in there:
Talk about scary.
Office Supplies Make me Giddy
Oh boy oh boy oh boy! I am ordering office supplies right now, and it really does make me giddy. All of the pens and sharpies. Huzzah! I also got to order three new fancy filing cabinets and get a quote for an expensive printer. I have no idea where we're going to put this stuff once it gets here, but it will be fun. My boss ordered a mess more stuff this morning, including a second [less expensive] printer, and mucho ink and paper. I got to compile that list for her which was almost as much fun as ordering things myself. Almost. Tomorrow we get to go and order computers since we're trying to buy things while there's leftover money and everything we order has to be here by the end of the month. I am guessing my office will be pretty tight with the storage of items.
My office will be moving soon, which is good news although it will take up a massive amount of our time since we agreed to put some sweat equity into the space that we're moving into. We'll be painting and doing some other various things. It looks like we're the first on the list for construction this summer, which is great because it'll disrupt us less. I'm looking forward to picking out paint samples and all. I also get to help pick out furniture, including my own chair. Huzzah!
There has been a great deal of knitting going on in preparation for a baby that is due to arrive in about two weeks. A dear friend of mine is about to pop. I'm looking forward to the arrival, I just have to hope that I can get the sweater finished, I'm knitting more slowly because my left arm is still bothering me a bit from my tumble awhile back. Photos to come!