May fever
It's that curious time of year right between Beltane and Litha where it's bright and sunny and green and the entire Northern hemisphere is awake and active and, uh, horny. I miss my little stream in Pikesville where I'd wander into the woods and soak my feet and just relax. There's very little water to speak of here, and we plan to hike tomorrow either in the Sandias or up by Santa Fe-- there might be a waterfall involved? Anyway, at the end of June, I'll be in North Carolina and there will be an ocean and a big beach, and maybe even bonfires. I am really, really looking forward to that.
GRAH. I thought I'd be home for MD Faerie Fest (which is this weekend), but apparently not. I cannot wait for Faire season, y'all. I am seriously already having dreams about it. Tuesday, I dreamt that it was opening weekend and the Baebes were playing and I showed up and they'd completely moved the festival. It was in fact being held in Latrobe Park in South Baltimore, and when I finally got there I missed the music because I wasn't in garb yet. It was very sad.
I'd really like to just pay the faire the $100 and get married at the chapel there. My mom offered me a $1,500 bribe for not coming out to see me as planned, under the auspices of "going towards the wedding," and that'd cover a Faire wedding with a tidy chunk towards a honeymoon to boot. I could wear fancy BD clothes, he could wear his kilt, I wouldn't really have to worry about a guest list or a sit down dinner or formalities... Alas, Jason wants a tux or some such nonsense. Can I just say how much I don't want to do the whole white wedding thing? I mean, we talked it over and that seems pretty unlikely, but I want a big fun outdoor shindig thing with whacky hijinks that's only very marginally a wedding in that there are vows and rings. Plus cake. And garb makes me feel pretty. Ah well, we shall see. We're still talking timeframe, too. I'd like October 'cause a) I've always wanted an autumn wedding and b) our birthdays are in September. But with this job in NM being hella stressful, we've barely been able to talk planning. The only thing we've decided is that we'll likely use a UU officiant or ordained Pagan friend to have vague, nondenominational references made to a Creator of some sort. In any case, if we do pick a weekend in October, Aster and I have vowed to talk first so we don't do something stupid like get married on the same weekend.
Also, I'm starting to look for books to read on the way home... I read Palimpsest on the way here, and that worked because it was thoroughly engrossing, but I think I want some lighter reading on the way home. I've had twinges to pick my YA novel back up recently, and so I'm thinking a metaphysical YA series. LJS fen: before you suggest: no, I have not read Nightfall nor do I have any plans to do so in the immediate future. I'm holding on to those cherished characters from my childhood for just a little bit longer before they get total lobotomies. I was thinking maybe Cate Tiernan's Sweep series... I read a few in college and they weren't bad. Sort of a fictionalized version of Wicca. Opinions on how the story turns out (non-spoilery, of course), or her other series, Balefire? Or other suggestions in general?
GRAH. I thought I'd be home for MD Faerie Fest (which is this weekend), but apparently not. I cannot wait for Faire season, y'all. I am seriously already having dreams about it. Tuesday, I dreamt that it was opening weekend and the Baebes were playing and I showed up and they'd completely moved the festival. It was in fact being held in Latrobe Park in South Baltimore, and when I finally got there I missed the music because I wasn't in garb yet. It was very sad.
I'd really like to just pay the faire the $100 and get married at the chapel there. My mom offered me a $1,500 bribe for not coming out to see me as planned, under the auspices of "going towards the wedding," and that'd cover a Faire wedding with a tidy chunk towards a honeymoon to boot. I could wear fancy BD clothes, he could wear his kilt, I wouldn't really have to worry about a guest list or a sit down dinner or formalities... Alas, Jason wants a tux or some such nonsense. Can I just say how much I don't want to do the whole white wedding thing? I mean, we talked it over and that seems pretty unlikely, but I want a big fun outdoor shindig thing with whacky hijinks that's only very marginally a wedding in that there are vows and rings. Plus cake. And garb makes me feel pretty. Ah well, we shall see. We're still talking timeframe, too. I'd like October 'cause a) I've always wanted an autumn wedding and b) our birthdays are in September. But with this job in NM being hella stressful, we've barely been able to talk planning. The only thing we've decided is that we'll likely use a UU officiant or ordained Pagan friend to have vague, nondenominational references made to a Creator of some sort. In any case, if we do pick a weekend in October, Aster and I have vowed to talk first so we don't do something stupid like get married on the same weekend.
Also, I'm starting to look for books to read on the way home... I read Palimpsest on the way here, and that worked because it was thoroughly engrossing, but I think I want some lighter reading on the way home. I've had twinges to pick my YA novel back up recently, and so I'm thinking a metaphysical YA series. LJS fen: before you suggest: no, I have not read Nightfall nor do I have any plans to do so in the immediate future. I'm holding on to those cherished characters from my childhood for just a little bit longer before they get total lobotomies. I was thinking maybe Cate Tiernan's Sweep series... I read a few in college and they weren't bad. Sort of a fictionalized version of Wicca. Opinions on how the story turns out (non-spoilery, of course), or her other series, Balefire? Or other suggestions in general?