War Practice pt2
Garath was being baptised on Sunday at 10:30am. Hector and his lovely wife Sarah had honored me by asking me to be one of Garath's godparents. I actually went ahead and got my pasport just so I could be there for the ceremony.
So, off to Coopers for a morning of fishing with Yvianne and Creador, then run back home to get Rouland, beer, and my entries (not necessarily in that order). Back to camp, put everything where it belongs, explained my impromptu trip to Toronto to Yvianne and headed out to the Youth Field to see if any Youth rattan Participants would show up. No youth rattan participants, so back to camp and started to consume the beer ;-) Around dark-thirty TRM's came by to thank the Shire members who provided largess to them via thier Art Competition at Coronation. They stayed around to witness me take Kiren MacRae as a man-at-arms. Poured myself into bed around 11
Saturday, up early to prepare for the days festivities. After Jenna left, we started to transform the encampemnt to accomodate her vigil/reception. Since we were unsure of the weather, we planned on using our tent for the food. We divided it in half longways and had our stuff in the back and the vigil stuff layed out in front. Cori, Yvianne and Mahin were indispensible as were the rest of our campmates, be they Lion's Tower, Singing Stone or Thorgrim & Katla's houshold. Without all the help,we would not have been able to pull it off. Thanks to all of you! Went to the barn and submitted my entry for the wooden pin. Headed out to the battlefield for the Meet & Greet on the Youth Field so Jenna would not be suspicious. Hung out till TRM's called Jenna and put her on Vigil. Ran back to camp and set everything in motion. The next few hours were a blur, but involved alot of fetching and carrying. At 2pm I got the plate from my entry and spent some time looking at the Artisans forum. Had an interesting conversation with Bastiano and was impressed by Bovi's work. Had to run home to get the car so I could leave the van at camp to be loaded while I was motoring to toronto. Spent some time getting ready for court as well as locating and preparing the video equipment. Jenna asked Yvianne and I to speak for her as Laurels so we we had to spend some time preparing our thoughts. Just beat TRM's into Court, Rouland had saved us seats. Set up video and settled in. Rouland was called into Court. He thought it was for one of those embarrassing birthday moments, but he ended up getting his AoA. Vivant! The competitors for the wooden pin were announced and I ended up winning (I warned you Rowan! ;-). Jenna was elevated without a hitch, and the rose colored glasses went over pretty well.
When we got back to camp, the celebration party had already started. Hot dogs and potatoes were being cooked int the fire, and there was still plenty of vigil food to eat. It did not take long for the booze to start flowing. It started on the way back from Court, when I ran into Rowan who shared a congratulatory hit off her bottle. It ended with me getting to bed way too late for someone who had to get up at 5am. In between, there were lots of laughs, a birthday cake and singing for Rouland, a display of cake eating prowess, lots of friends and good company.
5am came way to early. I drug my ass out of my bed and threw on my baptism clothes, put the sport jacket in the car and headed off. Traffic was light and the directions were good, and I got there with 15 minutes to spare. Its a good thing the directions were good, as my Garmin GPS did not have maps for Canada loaded. The baptism went well and I got to met Hectors mom, who is one amazing lady. I see now where he gets some of his personality ;-) The bonus of this trip was that I got to witness Callum, Hectors first child, get baptised as well. Kinda like a two for one deal. Meanwhile, back at camp, yvianne and the household had all gotten together and made sure she was being assisted in tearing down the camp in my absence. From all accounts, everyone there pitched in and really made the job go smoothly. I can't thank everyone enough for looking out for milady while I was otherwise occupied.
I finally got home at 8pm. I backed the trailer up the driveway, unhooked it and parked it till Pennsic. I moved the van into the driveway, and went inside. I gave Yvianne a kiss and grabbed a bite and a beer. All in all, not a bad weekend, but it sure was hectic!
So, off to Coopers for a morning of fishing with Yvianne and Creador, then run back home to get Rouland, beer, and my entries (not necessarily in that order). Back to camp, put everything where it belongs, explained my impromptu trip to Toronto to Yvianne and headed out to the Youth Field to see if any Youth rattan Participants would show up. No youth rattan participants, so back to camp and started to consume the beer ;-) Around dark-thirty TRM's came by to thank the Shire members who provided largess to them via thier Art Competition at Coronation. They stayed around to witness me take Kiren MacRae as a man-at-arms. Poured myself into bed around 11
Saturday, up early to prepare for the days festivities. After Jenna left, we started to transform the encampemnt to accomodate her vigil/reception. Since we were unsure of the weather, we planned on using our tent for the food. We divided it in half longways and had our stuff in the back and the vigil stuff layed out in front. Cori, Yvianne and Mahin were indispensible as were the rest of our campmates, be they Lion's Tower, Singing Stone or Thorgrim & Katla's houshold. Without all the help,we would not have been able to pull it off. Thanks to all of you! Went to the barn and submitted my entry for the wooden pin. Headed out to the battlefield for the Meet & Greet on the Youth Field so Jenna would not be suspicious. Hung out till TRM's called Jenna and put her on Vigil. Ran back to camp and set everything in motion. The next few hours were a blur, but involved alot of fetching and carrying. At 2pm I got the plate from my entry and spent some time looking at the Artisans forum. Had an interesting conversation with Bastiano and was impressed by Bovi's work. Had to run home to get the car so I could leave the van at camp to be loaded while I was motoring to toronto. Spent some time getting ready for court as well as locating and preparing the video equipment. Jenna asked Yvianne and I to speak for her as Laurels so we we had to spend some time preparing our thoughts. Just beat TRM's into Court, Rouland had saved us seats. Set up video and settled in. Rouland was called into Court. He thought it was for one of those embarrassing birthday moments, but he ended up getting his AoA. Vivant! The competitors for the wooden pin were announced and I ended up winning (I warned you Rowan! ;-). Jenna was elevated without a hitch, and the rose colored glasses went over pretty well.
When we got back to camp, the celebration party had already started. Hot dogs and potatoes were being cooked int the fire, and there was still plenty of vigil food to eat. It did not take long for the booze to start flowing. It started on the way back from Court, when I ran into Rowan who shared a congratulatory hit off her bottle. It ended with me getting to bed way too late for someone who had to get up at 5am. In between, there were lots of laughs, a birthday cake and singing for Rouland, a display of cake eating prowess, lots of friends and good company.
5am came way to early. I drug my ass out of my bed and threw on my baptism clothes, put the sport jacket in the car and headed off. Traffic was light and the directions were good, and I got there with 15 minutes to spare. Its a good thing the directions were good, as my Garmin GPS did not have maps for Canada loaded. The baptism went well and I got to met Hectors mom, who is one amazing lady. I see now where he gets some of his personality ;-) The bonus of this trip was that I got to witness Callum, Hectors first child, get baptised as well. Kinda like a two for one deal. Meanwhile, back at camp, yvianne and the household had all gotten together and made sure she was being assisted in tearing down the camp in my absence. From all accounts, everyone there pitched in and really made the job go smoothly. I can't thank everyone enough for looking out for milady while I was otherwise occupied.
I finally got home at 8pm. I backed the trailer up the driveway, unhooked it and parked it till Pennsic. I moved the van into the driveway, and went inside. I gave Yvianne a kiss and grabbed a bite and a beer. All in all, not a bad weekend, but it sure was hectic!