All of us girls from work are going to the Renaissance Festival today. We each have costumes and we’re all dressing up like town wenches. I live the farthest away from the Castle, so I’ll just drive down myself and meet them there at the gate.

I’ve been to this Ren Fest so many times and always had a great time. I’ve been to the one in Maryland, too – that one is much larger and open much longer. Ours is only here for the month of May, so we’re hoping for nice weather and a great time today.

I hate to admit this, but when I was just a kid, the cost of a stamp for the first class mail was under ten cents. Back then we also had “air mail” that was considered quite the luxury and mostly reserved for overseas mail. Of course nowadays it almost all goes by air if it’s not just across town.

I love the 24 hour post office at the airport. It has saved the day for me many times that I’ve had to rush down there late at night to get something important sent off before midnight.

I don’t really mind that the stamps went up again. I honestly don’t use the regular mail much anymore anyways. I pay almost all my bills online using my bank’s free billpay and I stay in touch with friends and relatives online. There’s not much need for me to even buy stamps to keep them on hand – I’m better off taking the occasional piece of mail to the 24 hour post office and just pay them at the counter when the need arises.

Last night there was a knock on my door and I was surprised but happy to see the local florist’s delivery guy standing at the door with a cute little arrangement of cut flowers in a pink case. My kids sent me the flowers for Mother’s Day – thanks to their dad being nice enough – or prodded and nagged enough by his new wife and my kids – to order them for me. I put them right on my desk next to the computer monitor so I can look at them all day and all night.

The kids also called me this morning to say “Happy Mother’s Day” – that was so sweet! We actually talked for almost an hour – they were telling me about their friends and their trip to see their paternal grandparents. My son was very talkative for a change – that was nice.

I can’t wait to see them next month and have them here all summer!

I was reading up on why we celebrate May Day with a May Pole. It was interesting and there are lots of articles on the web if you care to search for them.

When I was in kindergarten and first grade, the private school I attended always had a May Day celebration. The entire school turned out for a day long festival, with the kids wearing costumes and a dance around the May Pole. I remember it being great fun, but since then I’ve not personally seen or heard of anyone around here doing that. It’s a shame – it’s nice to celebrate spring with lots of fresh flowers, great food and dancing. I miss that, and my kids are missing out, too.