My weekend.
I went to the first SCA event I have in over a year, and had a blast! First of all (and most important to *me* anyway), I got to say hi to aztecknight , someone I've known for ages, but didn't know me (no one knew me in the SCA back when I was active - I spent most of my time hidden away in a little room surrounded by my and everone else's children...why I refer to myself as "The Once and Future Childocrat"). I also spent some time with my friend J and her fiance M, which was nice (how I forgot they'd probably be there is a mystery...but I don't think I was really thinking all that straight anyway). I saw people I haven't seen in YEARS, including Murdog and Odo - two people who were active in the SCA and were in the Fenix Fighting Force back when my ex was fighting. Odo recognized me before I recognized him, which was pretty cool (and highly unexpected). :) Then just before court, this guy showed up dressed in FULL "Captain Jack Sparrow", and had it DOWN from the clothes to the walk and the accent. I haven't uploaded my pictures yet, but I promise I'll share when I do - I HAD to get a shot. All the kids were thronging him, it was great. :) The other best part was that one of the merchants there carries all the Folktales puppets I love so much - she had a brown Earth Dragon that I was coveting but couldn't justify the expence, though I did buy a finger puppet red dragon (who spent the event pinned in my dress...I told people he was my "cleavage protector"...he's now sitting on my desk here at work), and a beaded circlet, and intend to buy MUCH more from her at some point. Here's the website - DEFINITELY worth checking out (the puppets are in the category "Menagerie"): http://www.misc-etcetera.com/
Hmmm? Oh, that isn't what you were waiting to hear about? Oh, THAT! *chuckle* Well, I knew D would be arriving some time after 4pm (give or take an hour or two with the snow), and from 4pm on the cell phone was in my hand because I was deathly afraid of missing his call. (Visions of him trying desparately to reach me while he either froze to death at a pay phone or languished in a lonely hotel room kept me checking my phone every few minutes...I even had J call me to make sure it was really getting signal since it's flaky in some buildings). He finally called just before 6:00, and I FLEW from the event to meet him at Kaldi's. No, I did NOT change clothes before I left. :) (He told me if the crowd at Kaldi's would be phased by SCA garb, it wasn't the crowd he remembered...and since he wouldn't be embarrassed, not to worry about it - side note: He apparently approved. Quite a bit. *giggle* I've got at least one pic of me from the event - I'll post the event pics tomorrow). I parked about a block and a half away, wrapped up in my cloak against the driving snow and started walking towards Kaldi's...and saw him standing outside smoking, waiting for me...and my heart nearly exploded out of my chest I was so happy to see him. :) It was all I could do not to leap into his arms (and I kinda did anyway, come to think about it). GODS that man can kiss.....sigh. Eventually he shooed me inside out of the snow and we sat down. And came to the conclusion that he'd browsed all the books he'd wanted to look at, and was ready to "land"...so we drove out and got him checked into his hotel room....and....um.....yeah. :) Eventually we came up for air and decided food would be a good idea (since he hadn't eaten in 12 hours...sigh...men). So we went to the Anchor Grill (home of the dancing barbies...chuckle) and ate. And talked. And laughed. :) And then drove BACK to his hotel. (Which I have to try not to think about too hard right now, being at work and all...the boys would wonder why I'm back here grinning so much and blushing at the same time. *chuckle*) I didn't sleep much. Okay, *we* didn't sleep much, but he did crash around 4am...I dozed but kept waking up just to watch him sleep. No one should look that edible while they're sleeping...it's just NOT fair. I was good and let him rest (particularly knowing that he had to drive back today and work tonight, and I'd be able to go to bed when I got home)...but it was rough. :)
Eventually he let the alarm bring him to full consciousness (after hitting the snooze about 5 times, not that I'm complaining - more cuddle time...GODS he's nice to curl up with), and we got ourselves together and got him checked out, then he followed me down to Brian's ( scovel1965 ) so he could meet him. Which was fun...they seemed to like each other (and yeah, Brian made me blush). LOL And then it was kissing by his car before he followed me until I could show him the entrance ramp back to I-71...and him blowing me a kiss as he drove away. Sigh. And now I'm counting the minutes until I can call him, to A) verify he got home safe and B) just to hear his voice. :)
And that's about all the dish there is to tell, folks. Details? Ah...now, it's not right to kiss and tell. Okay, I'm kissing and telling just by writing this (and praying he doesn't mind too much since he can read it, too). But still...some of this I need to savor for myself. Which I'm doing. A lot. And will be doing, for a very long time. I just know I can't WAIT until he visits again (or I can find a way to travel up to see him). On the deepest level, I can't really say it better than I did in the post prior to this one, anyway. I felt wanted, and cherished, and that he was enjoying being with me as much as I was enjoying him...which I still don't "get", but I'm trying not to think about that too hard. As we were talking to Brian he spontaneously started stroking my hair...which Brian noticed and commented on (something to the affect of "Okay, NOW you've got her..she'll never move from that spot"). It was the little things like that, the way he'd reach out to *me* over and over, that have my heart so full to bursting right now. I'm...amazed. Every few minutes or so I'd find myself wanting to ask "why?" I tried not to really ask, or show it too much (it makes me seem so bloody needy...and I didn't want to put that on him). But I don't hide things well, so I'm sure he knew. And he'd just smile and kiss me again...
Okay, back to quietly basking in this nifty glow....
*edited at 4:17 AM - OMG. *giggle-blush-faint dead away* The *first* thing out of his mouth when he heard my voice on the phone was to tell his co-worker "Okay, I'm going to be sucked into the phone for a while talking to a pretty girl." Okay kids, twitterpated doesn't EVEN begin to cover this... "Mom, can I keep 'im? Huh? Pwease? No no...I'm dedicated to the living alone thing for right now...but he can still come down to play, right? Pwease?", whispered pleadingly to the Universe...
Hmmm? Oh, that isn't what you were waiting to hear about? Oh, THAT! *chuckle* Well, I knew D would be arriving some time after 4pm (give or take an hour or two with the snow), and from 4pm on the cell phone was in my hand because I was deathly afraid of missing his call. (Visions of him trying desparately to reach me while he either froze to death at a pay phone or languished in a lonely hotel room kept me checking my phone every few minutes...I even had J call me to make sure it was really getting signal since it's flaky in some buildings). He finally called just before 6:00, and I FLEW from the event to meet him at Kaldi's. No, I did NOT change clothes before I left. :) (He told me if the crowd at Kaldi's would be phased by SCA garb, it wasn't the crowd he remembered...and since he wouldn't be embarrassed, not to worry about it - side note: He apparently approved. Quite a bit. *giggle* I've got at least one pic of me from the event - I'll post the event pics tomorrow). I parked about a block and a half away, wrapped up in my cloak against the driving snow and started walking towards Kaldi's...and saw him standing outside smoking, waiting for me...and my heart nearly exploded out of my chest I was so happy to see him. :) It was all I could do not to leap into his arms (and I kinda did anyway, come to think about it). GODS that man can kiss.....sigh. Eventually he shooed me inside out of the snow and we sat down. And came to the conclusion that he'd browsed all the books he'd wanted to look at, and was ready to "land"...so we drove out and got him checked into his hotel room....and....um.....yeah. :) Eventually we came up for air and decided food would be a good idea (since he hadn't eaten in 12 hours...sigh...men). So we went to the Anchor Grill (home of the dancing barbies...chuckle) and ate. And talked. And laughed. :) And then drove BACK to his hotel. (Which I have to try not to think about too hard right now, being at work and all...the boys would wonder why I'm back here grinning so much and blushing at the same time. *chuckle*) I didn't sleep much. Okay, *we* didn't sleep much, but he did crash around 4am...I dozed but kept waking up just to watch him sleep. No one should look that edible while they're sleeping...it's just NOT fair. I was good and let him rest (particularly knowing that he had to drive back today and work tonight, and I'd be able to go to bed when I got home)...but it was rough. :)
Eventually he let the alarm bring him to full consciousness (after hitting the snooze about 5 times, not that I'm complaining - more cuddle time...GODS he's nice to curl up with), and we got ourselves together and got him checked out, then he followed me down to Brian's ( scovel1965 ) so he could meet him. Which was fun...they seemed to like each other (and yeah, Brian made me blush). LOL And then it was kissing by his car before he followed me until I could show him the entrance ramp back to I-71...and him blowing me a kiss as he drove away. Sigh. And now I'm counting the minutes until I can call him, to A) verify he got home safe and B) just to hear his voice. :)
And that's about all the dish there is to tell, folks. Details? Ah...now, it's not right to kiss and tell. Okay, I'm kissing and telling just by writing this (and praying he doesn't mind too much since he can read it, too). But still...some of this I need to savor for myself. Which I'm doing. A lot. And will be doing, for a very long time. I just know I can't WAIT until he visits again (or I can find a way to travel up to see him). On the deepest level, I can't really say it better than I did in the post prior to this one, anyway. I felt wanted, and cherished, and that he was enjoying being with me as much as I was enjoying him...which I still don't "get", but I'm trying not to think about that too hard. As we were talking to Brian he spontaneously started stroking my hair...which Brian noticed and commented on (something to the affect of "Okay, NOW you've got her..she'll never move from that spot"). It was the little things like that, the way he'd reach out to *me* over and over, that have my heart so full to bursting right now. I'm...amazed. Every few minutes or so I'd find myself wanting to ask "why?" I tried not to really ask, or show it too much (it makes me seem so bloody needy...and I didn't want to put that on him). But I don't hide things well, so I'm sure he knew. And he'd just smile and kiss me again...
Okay, back to quietly basking in this nifty glow....
*edited at 4:17 AM - OMG. *giggle-blush-faint dead away* The *first* thing out of his mouth when he heard my voice on the phone was to tell his co-worker "Okay, I'm going to be sucked into the phone for a while talking to a pretty girl." Okay kids, twitterpated doesn't EVEN begin to cover this... "Mom, can I keep 'im? Huh? Pwease? No no...I'm dedicated to the living alone thing for right now...but he can still come down to play, right? Pwease?", whispered pleadingly to the Universe...