Things have calmed down considerably. We have successfully traded with the humans. We have lots of new cloth for more clothes, our most common export (I'll be damned if I am trading one single copper-worth of our precious metal), and I discovered that we have approximately 1,000 bars of iron. I shut down the steel industry a while ago following a shortage of iron bars and coke. Time to restart the smelters.
I finally noticed that one of my bastion towers in front of the entrance is misaligned with the entrance ramp. I am annoyed--this is going to drive me nuts. Now that I see it, I can't unsee it, and there is too much work to disassemble and reassemble the entire tower.
I think it is time to prepare for the coming of the king. I forsee a vast multi-level throne room, with magma rivers and bridges, and gold stockpiles around the edges. I want a gold hoard the likes that would make Smaug say "Oh, well that REALLY IS somewhat ostentatious."
Time, as well, to set up a other marksdwarf squad. I have a series of pastures set up under the gaze of fortified towers. My goal is to be able to bring my population into the fortress in the event of an attack. The attackers will then take our their aggression on my pastured animals, and be shot to pieces by the cross-bow squads.
I also have a small tunnel leading under the nearby stream. I noticed that attackers will typically cross the river by the small bridge. I am hoping that if I demolish the bridge, and fill the tunnel with traps, I can secure my western flank from serious attack.
Also, time to make soap!