Tired and not in a good way

[feymaker]

I've been pretty tired lately, partly because of my iron levels are down. I've started taking supplements but they aren't agreeing with me. The weather has been making life interesting as to how my knees have been feeling as well. Otherwise I'm surviving. Saturday I went to the Stepping Stone demo for the SCA with Andrea and Amy. It was nice quiet and steady. I sat and tatted lace. I received a couple disapproving comments for tatting because its not "period"  again, I will say you know I'd rather have handmade lace of any kind on garb than store bought lace. Also as the dear and sweet Mistress Margheurite said, it had to come from somewhere. I've read accounts of it being used on persian head scarves and I've seen some frogs on asian clothing that could be done with a series of knots the same way that I've made mine for my mandarines.  Is it worth the fight? No. I've decided to do up a bobbin lace piece on a pillow and just keep it set aside just for those demos in which I'm not doing calligraphy and illumination.  I knew I wouldn't be able to do a scribal demo because of the conditions, a very dusty barn with poor lighting and not a lot of room does not make for condusive conditions. We did put out some scrolls and I did answer questions on them. Though the visitors were not enthralled with them. However even though it wasn't period I DID get a lot of questions and interest in the lace I was making, more so than even the sample blackwork I had out. I got up to wonder only once, and didn't really check much out which is a shame I would have liked to go down to the period encampment as well as check out the pottery that was being done and sold but I just didn't feel up to it. I ran into a couple that were customers of mine at Maryland Renn, they were a bit disappointed to hear that I didn't think I would be selling roses this year, but understood when I told them I was just getting too old and that I am old enough to be the mother of half the kids out there. They told me I should still come out and play and they would love to see me.  Renn Faire is quite a while a way so I have time to think about it. Once the demo ended the potluck began and that was when I realized just how tired I was and the fact that I actually dehydrated myself. I know bad Dani. I also felt the beginnings of a horrible migraine. When I woke up in severe pain 3am on Sunday I knew I was in for a doozy. I called and apologized to Orla because I knew I would be more in the way than helpful with the project. Instead I spent the day fighting my head and looking at designs for Steampunk shirts for Balticon. These are some of the designs we'll be doing:


 
 









Of course now we need to weed down which designs will be done and actually have them ready for Balticon.

I'm still feeling kind of tired. Mom thinks it might be my meds aren't working since the doc switched what he had me taking. I really can't wait til July when I can actually go see the Doc myself and have him run some tests to see what else this might be.