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Had a great weekend!
Reported to the booth my typical 15 minutes late. Wore a kilt for the first time in my life and, Boy!, are they comfy! Spent a busy morning with T'Ger and Alex. I love my job! I get to flirt with and dress men all day and I get paid for it. How could it be any better? People were generally pleasant and fun and we all seem to work well together. I feel like we had a very productive day. Was propositioned by two attractive and fun couples--led to lots of speculation. It's not for me at this point in my life...but I'll happily admit I'm flattered. Owe Toy many favors for cracking me back into place Sat end of day. I've been whiney and grumpy, carrying a headache for months and now I'm much better, although all the toxins I've been carrying are fighting to get out and I'm stuffy and miserable.
Introduced myself to the new LHT coordinator. Apparently he'd been led to believe I was ticked off about the way everything worked out this year with the program. I was appalled and quickly set him straight. Especially annoyed because the person who is supposed to have provided my attitude and feelings is someone I never even spoke to about the situation. Told him flat out that I don't subscribe to the crap and games playing. I've given this faire 16 years of my life and I don't have time for the bs. Told him that I never spoke to that individual, that I wished the program nothing but good things, and that if he needed me all he had to do was look me up. Disgusted that someone would paint me in a bad light, though completely not surprised given this person's way of Directing.
Sunday I went to church with Claire then home for a quick lunch, costume change and out to faire for the afternoon. Ran into one of the couples from Sat who were sad to have missed me Sat night (they had given me a phone # and asked me to come to their hotel...). Exchanged pleasantries and wished them well. Met up with two very nice young men that I had dressed in tights the day before and spent quite a while with them behind the Mermaid stage, along with Matt and Rod, just watching the world go by. They were here from New Jersey and attend the faire in Sterling, NY. We compared the cost of living, the speed of life, and the differences between KC and NJ. A wonderful way to spend the day--with one exception. Claire was sitting in the front row at Mermaid stage watching Bob the Incredible Juggler. I told her to stay there or go around back with her Dad. Dad was watching out for her. Went to T'Gers for a brief hello and to meet (waves) grnvixen (and sold a shirt while I was there) then proceeded to make my way back to the Mermaid stage. While I had stopped and was chatting with Mr. Sat night my phone rings. T'Ger tells me that my youngest has just walked into the shop and asked where her mommy was. GULP! She made it from Mermaid stage to T'Gers safely and I'm comforted that she knew where to go, but it still scared me. As I'm making my way to T'Gers my phone rings again and it's Matt. I didn't even say "hello", I just said "she's at T'Gers, I'm headed there" and hung up. Sorry, Matt. Like most kids she wasn't scared until it was over and she was afraid she was in trouble. Turns out she didn't hear what Matt said as he was setting up for his next show and just took off to find me.
After faire Sun I was able to go to my friend T's and visit her new son, Carlos. He came home Sunday and is doing great. He is soooo tiny--only 5 lbs 1.5 oz. We sorted and put away clothes (that kid doesn't need clothes til he's about 2 years old!), I held the baby for a while, and then took Claire to her Nana and Papa's since we all had to work Monday.
Monday was good. Slower, but good. Was fun and much appreciated to have Madam's women taking time from their nibblies to attend our customers as we put them in tights and paraded them out to the lanes. Spent a few minutes chatting with Jana and hearing about her vacation last summer--now I have a new "must go to" place on my list. Would like to know her better and hope that time allows us to forge a friendship. Some time was spent at the rail planting seeds of imaginative play in the mind of my favorite SSAMs-man, purpledumbass. I've discovered that if you stand at that rail you can watch the entire world pass by. It's the perfect location for the people watcher that I am.
Oldest child seems to be doing okay working at faire. She's apparently picked out a new 14 year old male to crush on. Not sure if he's working or just hanging out at faire. We'll see what next weekend holds.
Didn't sleep last night. At all. My allergies are kicking my ass. I'm taking my drugs but haven't been taking them regularly enough long enough to have any defense built up. Combined with the body flushing the crap from my back being out of place and I think I got about 3 hours of pieced together sleep last night. I'm exhausted. And I look like hell with puffy eyes complete with matching bags.
But tomorrow is a new day and this weekend was a positive one. Matt had good shows, has gained one more piece of confidence in his ability, received many compliments from friends and strangers alike, and we got some snuggle time. All in all--a success!
Reported to the booth my typical 15 minutes late. Wore a kilt for the first time in my life and, Boy!, are they comfy! Spent a busy morning with T'Ger and Alex. I love my job! I get to flirt with and dress men all day and I get paid for it. How could it be any better? People were generally pleasant and fun and we all seem to work well together. I feel like we had a very productive day. Was propositioned by two attractive and fun couples--led to lots of speculation. It's not for me at this point in my life...but I'll happily admit I'm flattered. Owe Toy many favors for cracking me back into place Sat end of day. I've been whiney and grumpy, carrying a headache for months and now I'm much better, although all the toxins I've been carrying are fighting to get out and I'm stuffy and miserable.
Introduced myself to the new LHT coordinator. Apparently he'd been led to believe I was ticked off about the way everything worked out this year with the program. I was appalled and quickly set him straight. Especially annoyed because the person who is supposed to have provided my attitude and feelings is someone I never even spoke to about the situation. Told him flat out that I don't subscribe to the crap and games playing. I've given this faire 16 years of my life and I don't have time for the bs. Told him that I never spoke to that individual, that I wished the program nothing but good things, and that if he needed me all he had to do was look me up. Disgusted that someone would paint me in a bad light, though completely not surprised given this person's way of Directing.
Sunday I went to church with Claire then home for a quick lunch, costume change and out to faire for the afternoon. Ran into one of the couples from Sat who were sad to have missed me Sat night (they had given me a phone # and asked me to come to their hotel...). Exchanged pleasantries and wished them well. Met up with two very nice young men that I had dressed in tights the day before and spent quite a while with them behind the Mermaid stage, along with Matt and Rod, just watching the world go by. They were here from New Jersey and attend the faire in Sterling, NY. We compared the cost of living, the speed of life, and the differences between KC and NJ. A wonderful way to spend the day--with one exception. Claire was sitting in the front row at Mermaid stage watching Bob the Incredible Juggler. I told her to stay there or go around back with her Dad. Dad was watching out for her. Went to T'Gers for a brief hello and to meet (waves) grnvixen (and sold a shirt while I was there) then proceeded to make my way back to the Mermaid stage. While I had stopped and was chatting with Mr. Sat night my phone rings. T'Ger tells me that my youngest has just walked into the shop and asked where her mommy was. GULP! She made it from Mermaid stage to T'Gers safely and I'm comforted that she knew where to go, but it still scared me. As I'm making my way to T'Gers my phone rings again and it's Matt. I didn't even say "hello", I just said "she's at T'Gers, I'm headed there" and hung up. Sorry, Matt. Like most kids she wasn't scared until it was over and she was afraid she was in trouble. Turns out she didn't hear what Matt said as he was setting up for his next show and just took off to find me.
After faire Sun I was able to go to my friend T's and visit her new son, Carlos. He came home Sunday and is doing great. He is soooo tiny--only 5 lbs 1.5 oz. We sorted and put away clothes (that kid doesn't need clothes til he's about 2 years old!), I held the baby for a while, and then took Claire to her Nana and Papa's since we all had to work Monday.
Monday was good. Slower, but good. Was fun and much appreciated to have Madam's women taking time from their nibblies to attend our customers as we put them in tights and paraded them out to the lanes. Spent a few minutes chatting with Jana and hearing about her vacation last summer--now I have a new "must go to" place on my list. Would like to know her better and hope that time allows us to forge a friendship. Some time was spent at the rail planting seeds of imaginative play in the mind of my favorite SSAMs-man, purpledumbass. I've discovered that if you stand at that rail you can watch the entire world pass by. It's the perfect location for the people watcher that I am.
Oldest child seems to be doing okay working at faire. She's apparently picked out a new 14 year old male to crush on. Not sure if he's working or just hanging out at faire. We'll see what next weekend holds.
Didn't sleep last night. At all. My allergies are kicking my ass. I'm taking my drugs but haven't been taking them regularly enough long enough to have any defense built up. Combined with the body flushing the crap from my back being out of place and I think I got about 3 hours of pieced together sleep last night. I'm exhausted. And I look like hell with puffy eyes complete with matching bags.
But tomorrow is a new day and this weekend was a positive one. Matt had good shows, has gained one more piece of confidence in his ability, received many compliments from friends and strangers alike, and we got some snuggle time. All in all--a success!