Jackpot!!!

I hit the jackpot!

Everyone’s playing on our slot machines, and no one has really won anything over $25. I haven’t really used it much, but I decided to put a quarter in it as I passed by. What happened? 843 quarters popped out. That’s $210.75. I know it’s really not that much money, but this is the most it’s given since we got them.

Indy just stood there with his mouth open as he watched in amazement. He’s been putting a few dozen quarters in each of those things every day since we set them up. The sound of the quarters falling was like music to my ears (mostly because I found it funny that I‘m the one that put the least amount of money in it). I’ve decided to put the quarter in a giant jar and display them for gloating purposes.

So, back to what I was originally going to write about before I hit the oh so wonderful jackpot that’s going to give me bragging rights for a while.

I’ve been getting better with my kenjutsu training, and I’m happy to announce that not once was I hit by the wooden sword yesterday. Of course, there were many close calls, and I didn’t really land any of my swings were they were supposed to, but at least I’m not getting completely bruised up like before. I’m glad because getting beat up by a little kid was embarrassing.

Besides my kenjutsu training, I’ve been really busy with work. At the Lord of the Rings wedding people’s engagement party, I got to meet all my potential clients. Honestly, I expected just a few people to request my services. I was wrong. I’m making everyone’s clothes for the wedding. The bride to be took me up on the stage where the band was playing and announced where I was going to be at so that everyone could come see me. I actually had a little station where everyone could come, get my business card, and set up an appointment. I was completely blown away.

So, here’s the grand total for the Lord of the Rings wedding:
3 outfits for the bride
3 outfits for the groom
41 elves (yes, they’re all planning on wearing prosthetic pointy ears)
29 humans
11 dwarfs (these people are somewhat short)
19 hobbits (five are little people and the rest are children)

Add them together and what do you get?
106 outfits.

Not everyone showed up to the party, but they called me and made an appointment. According to the bride, that’s everyone (at least I hope it is, because this is already a lot of work). I’ve met with three people already, and I’m meeting a fourth one today. I’m basically meeting one person a day for the next three months. So far, I almost have two of them done, and by the end of today, I know I’ll be done with the third. I’m feeling a little overwhelmed because it’s a lot of work, and I’m still going to be making clothes for my other clients. The good thing is that this is starting to get really easy for me and I’m working at a quicker pace so I’m getting things do pretty quick. The bad thing is that I’m turning into a bit of a workaholic. I can’t help it. I love what I’m doing, and I love that I get paid for it. To me, it’s the perfect job. I am definitely not regretting my decision to completely embrace this.

I guess you can say I’ve been pretty busy. So busy that I still haven’t set up the Wii.  Shame on me.   I think I’m going to that when I’m done writing this because I think it’ll do me good. I need it to distract me from working all the time.