Well that was the shortest week I ever lived through. Probably because there wasn't a moment of any day that didn't have something in it. 1862 is as much a part of daily life as 2004, and the voices of the past are as vivid as the folks in the next office.

We are in the final stretch of the new exhibit - they'll start the installation process next week. I can't tell you how wonderful folks have been in working with me on this. What's been kinda fun has been working more closely with some of the old Jamestown gang, like Priscilla and Jeanne.

What you have to understand about museums (for those of you who haven't worked in one) is that the museum world gets smaller and smaller the longer you're in it. Eventually, you will know everyone who has ever worked in a museum if you can retain your sanity for that long.

In the case of Ye Olde Boat Museum, there's been a long standing ebb and flow between it and Jamestown Settlement. Stick around long enough and you'll find yourself having worked for both - in some cases multiple times. You'll certainly still hang out with the folks at the other pace, and chances are you'll end up married to one of them.

So it's been kind of nice, even though the work has been like a category 5 hurricane in intensity.

We were hoping to go see Carbon Leaf last night in Charlottesville, but we were so tired that the thought of a two hour drive - even with the payoff of the lovely Barry Privet at the end of it -

(ok - so that would have been my payoff. I'm doubting that Jim was thinking in those terms...)

Anyway - we wended up having sushi with Rieger - at the new sushi place that is right behind our house. Huzzah! Unagi I can walk to! The eveining ended with us watching Crumb, the documentary about artist Robert Crumb and then we followed that with Ed Wood - which is one of my favourite movies, though I always forget to mention it.

I did not have any idea, though, that there was a religion based on the "World's Worst Director."

But it makes sense.