Δαφνη Ευτυχια Αρθουρος

First, thanks to the folks who contributed advice regarding my construction project.

Now today's amusement. The last mail delivery before my hold-mail order goes into effect just arrived through the slot in my front door. Two pieces. One a familiar yellow card from Milpitas crying, "We've lost you!" and reminding me that my SCA membership had expired.

The other was an envelope containing a blue page trumpeting, "Here's your new membership card!" Realizing that my membership had expired and Pennsic was fast approaching, I renewed online and printed out proof-of-membership from the web site to show at troll at Pennsic to avoid the non-member surcharge. (If I subtract that surcharge from the cost of membership, it basically means Tournaments Illuminated costs me $5/year.) I went to the trouble of printing the online proof-of-membership because I figured there was no chance my new membership card would get here before I left (tomorrow before dawn).

The juxtaposition of the two items in my mailbox amused me. Oh, I can think of a bunch of reasons it makes sense that it happened this way, but that ain't gonna extinguish the amusement. Especially since it was the very last mail delivery before I head off to War.