Okay, this is more like it...the day started out horribly, but ended very nicely. Blue skies, lovely breezes, lovely temperatures in the mid-70s. A wonderful, picture perfect spring day. This morning when I left for Austin, the winds were howling (woke us up in the middle of the night), and the rain was coming down in torrential bands. I understand that when you are driving in the rain, it makes it seem worse than it actually is, and that was certainly the case this morning. We ended up with 0.59" of rain, but I would have estimated it at 4 or 5 inches. I tend to exaggerate. But again, it all ended up wonderfully, so all is well that ended well.I presented the first day of a four day SAE (Sales Agent Apprentice Education) class about property management. I enjoyed the heck out of the day, and by the end of the classes (next Tuesday) we will all be good friends. A great bunch of recently licensed agents/REALTORS®, and it was fun guiding them through the information.
Plenary -- Adjective. 1. Complete in every respect. absolute, unqualified. 2. fully attended or constituted by all entitled to be present. A plenary meeting of the group's 500 members was held last summer.
Did You Know? In the 14th century, the monk Robert of Brunne described a situation in which all the knights of King Arthur's Round Table were present at court by writing, "When Arthures court was plener, and alle were comen, fer and ner ..." For 200 years, plener (also spelled plenar) served English well for both senses that we reserve for plenary today. But we'd borrowed plener from Anglo-French, and, although the French had relied on the Latin plenus ("full") for their word, the revival of interest in the classics during the English Renaissance led scholars to prefer purer Latin origins. In the 15th century, English speakers turned to the Late Latin plenarius and came up with plenary. (Plenarius also comes from plenus, which is the source of our plenty and replenish as well."
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