University
I had a relaxing and fun trip to University. I was reluctant to go because I didn't really want to take classes and wasn't teaching. I have been majorly blah about the SCA recently. Not wanting to go to one of my favorite events is yet another symptom of that. Eldred's pout combined with the thought of spending 8 hours in the car with Bran convinced me to go. I was very glad I went.
Eldred and I left Greenville around 11am. That was nearly amazingly early for us! We picked Bran up in Charlotte and headed east. We had a blast chatting in the car. It's great to have Bran back in Atlantia and living so close. We reached Wilson early enough for Eldred to visit a train shop he really wanted to see. We checked into our hotel in Winterville and ate dinner at Ruby Tuesday. We spent several more hours chatting before crashing.
I rarely have trouble sleeping. For some reason Thursday and Friday I woke up several times during the night. This meant I was a bit slow getting going on Saturday morning. We still managed to arrive onsite in plenty of time for Eldred to set up before his rose window class at 10. I have to say the directions in the Acorn were some of the best I have seen. I complimented the (first-time!) autocrat on them and gave her a rubber duckie as thanks. I helped a little with registration, but attendance was low, so they didn't need much help.
I ended up spending most of the day hanging out with Alisoun, which was fun. I even turned in paperwork to register the household name for Eldred and me. We got the domain name in May, but haven't worked on the website yet. Maybe the registered name will get us motivated to come up with a badge and work on the website.
We headed back to Charlotte after the last class. We had more great conversation in the car. I am actually regaining some of my enthusiasm for the SCA. Let's see how long it holds!
Eldred and I left Greenville around 11am. That was nearly amazingly early for us! We picked Bran up in Charlotte and headed east. We had a blast chatting in the car. It's great to have Bran back in Atlantia and living so close. We reached Wilson early enough for Eldred to visit a train shop he really wanted to see. We checked into our hotel in Winterville and ate dinner at Ruby Tuesday. We spent several more hours chatting before crashing.
I rarely have trouble sleeping. For some reason Thursday and Friday I woke up several times during the night. This meant I was a bit slow getting going on Saturday morning. We still managed to arrive onsite in plenty of time for Eldred to set up before his rose window class at 10. I have to say the directions in the Acorn were some of the best I have seen. I complimented the (first-time!) autocrat on them and gave her a rubber duckie as thanks. I helped a little with registration, but attendance was low, so they didn't need much help.
I ended up spending most of the day hanging out with Alisoun, which was fun. I even turned in paperwork to register the household name for Eldred and me. We got the domain name in May, but haven't worked on the website yet. Maybe the registered name will get us motivated to come up with a badge and work on the website.
We headed back to Charlotte after the last class. We had more great conversation in the car. I am actually regaining some of my enthusiasm for the SCA. Let's see how long it holds!