A more cheerful post
I had a perfectly lovely time at the SCA Arts and Sciences/Rapier Championships event this weekend. I started out more than a bit down, but that soon changed. The event was in a hotel right on the ocean beach and our room had a view over the dunes to the water, which was lovely. The only flaw was that W had to work until 8 pm, so I traveled with the friends we shared the room with, and he came down Sat. morning. Friday night I had a several good conversations with people I don't get to see often. I also got to talk to a friend who's a nurse and whose significant other has been dealing with high blood pressure for years. She answered most of the questions I had about living with it long term, and even gave me some strategies for coping. I stayed up late sitting in the lobby, and had a lovely long rambling conversation that involved Norse court poetry, recitation of Homer in the original Greek, the relationship of the original Greek of the Bible to epic Hindu theology, and the intricacies of Elizabethan tailoring. Like you do.
Saturday morning was the Rapier championship. I would have loved to have fought in it, but not yet, although I can see myself still being able to fight, maybe even in a few weeks. I got to marshal, which is the best view in the house of the fighting, and it was a blast. The only fly in the porridge was that I had a meeting at 1pm, and so missed the finals. Saturday evening we went to dinner at Galway Bay, a honest to gawd irish-run-by-irish pub in Ocean Shores, Washington. Go figure. We try to go there at least once every time we're in town, as the food is good and the drink even better. This time, they had live music and we closed the place down. I'm proud to say the singer only did three songs that I didn't know, and those three were comedy numbers that I'm going to have to find. Great time!
Sunday we mostly got dressed, had breakfast at the hotel, and then waited for court. The A&S championship finished up and was announced, with both finalists doing very fine work, either would have been a good choice for champion. Court started at noon, and was worth staying for , as two of my rapier buddies were offered peerages, along with a bunch of other peerage offers, and other awards.
We changed clothes and walked on a beach for a while, then split up and went our separate ways home, since W had had to bring our car with him when he came. Ate too much salt water taffy, and had a leisurely drive home, with only one phone call for W from work, which was easily solved. We got home, unpacked, and had a nap, before reconnected with the friends we'd roomed with for dinner out. None of us had gotten enough seafood at the ocean, so we went to a chowderhouse on the waterfront. I had salmon sliders with pesto (one of which is in the refridgerator for lunch) and we rehashed the weekend, which was a great finish to it.
I'm now recharged and ready to work on garb for W. I need to mend a bit of my own garb, and after this weekend I've got more to get done for one of my clients, as her husband was one of the peerage offers. I'm taking the next few days to rest and do laundry.
Oh, I almost forgot. I talked to my stepmother by phone Saturday, and she's very ameniable to my suggestions about the assisted living facilities I sent her links to, and said she knows that I can't make her decisions for her. She also had another fainting spell, so she knows that she can't live totally alone. So, it looks like things will be better on that front. I hope it lasts.
Saturday morning was the Rapier championship. I would have loved to have fought in it, but not yet, although I can see myself still being able to fight, maybe even in a few weeks. I got to marshal, which is the best view in the house of the fighting, and it was a blast. The only fly in the porridge was that I had a meeting at 1pm, and so missed the finals. Saturday evening we went to dinner at Galway Bay, a honest to gawd irish-run-by-irish pub in Ocean Shores, Washington. Go figure. We try to go there at least once every time we're in town, as the food is good and the drink even better. This time, they had live music and we closed the place down. I'm proud to say the singer only did three songs that I didn't know, and those three were comedy numbers that I'm going to have to find. Great time!
Sunday we mostly got dressed, had breakfast at the hotel, and then waited for court. The A&S championship finished up and was announced, with both finalists doing very fine work, either would have been a good choice for champion. Court started at noon, and was worth staying for , as two of my rapier buddies were offered peerages, along with a bunch of other peerage offers, and other awards.
We changed clothes and walked on a beach for a while, then split up and went our separate ways home, since W had had to bring our car with him when he came. Ate too much salt water taffy, and had a leisurely drive home, with only one phone call for W from work, which was easily solved. We got home, unpacked, and had a nap, before reconnected with the friends we'd roomed with for dinner out. None of us had gotten enough seafood at the ocean, so we went to a chowderhouse on the waterfront. I had salmon sliders with pesto (one of which is in the refridgerator for lunch) and we rehashed the weekend, which was a great finish to it.
I'm now recharged and ready to work on garb for W. I need to mend a bit of my own garb, and after this weekend I've got more to get done for one of my clients, as her husband was one of the peerage offers. I'm taking the next few days to rest and do laundry.
Oh, I almost forgot. I talked to my stepmother by phone Saturday, and she's very ameniable to my suggestions about the assisted living facilities I sent her links to, and said she knows that I can't make her decisions for her. She also had another fainting spell, so she knows that she can't live totally alone. So, it looks like things will be better on that front. I hope it lasts.