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I managed to make it to Pennsic for 4.5 days (4 planned + a spontaneous revisit--it's so convenient to come back for an evening when you only live 2 hours away!). It was awesome. Here are my highlights:
- Processing up for opening ceremonies as an everyday retainer with way fewer responsibilities than last year.
- Singing a song I'd never sung in public before with Brighid at the MK bardic circle.
- Watching rapier, even though I couldn't fight...it was fun to see all my friends even if only from a distance.
- Getting TONS of parenting advice...I think my brain is officially full and I'm sure that's just the beginning...
- Receiving the first official nickname for the baby...thanks, Uncle Eli!
- Waterbearing in the woods--it's hard to feel more useful than when you're offering water and gatorade to completely exhausted fighters.
- Attending a beautiful handfasting at the cathedral of Shadowclans.
- Alaric's expression when he saw me in court on Thursday night (he thought I'd gone home for good but I came back to surprise him).
- Catching up with tons of people at the midrealm party: Adam (who is back in kingdom--yay!), Angelique, Sir Lucien (who told me a funny story about A's coronet), Rory (by phone, whom we missed dearly), HG Genevieve of Ealdormere, who I'd missed catching up with during the first few days.
- Being asked to speak at some upcoming elevations--a first, and a true honor.
Now it's back to lab, where nothing much has changed lately...I'm trying a new type of experiment this week, though...it's kind of my last hope for my project. If it doesn't yield results it may be time to work on something totally different. Which I actually would not mind...I'm getting very tired of (and angry at) my current project. Roar!
- Processing up for opening ceremonies as an everyday retainer with way fewer responsibilities than last year.
- Singing a song I'd never sung in public before with Brighid at the MK bardic circle.
- Watching rapier, even though I couldn't fight...it was fun to see all my friends even if only from a distance.
- Getting TONS of parenting advice...I think my brain is officially full and I'm sure that's just the beginning...
- Receiving the first official nickname for the baby...thanks, Uncle Eli!
- Waterbearing in the woods--it's hard to feel more useful than when you're offering water and gatorade to completely exhausted fighters.
- Attending a beautiful handfasting at the cathedral of Shadowclans.
- Alaric's expression when he saw me in court on Thursday night (he thought I'd gone home for good but I came back to surprise him).
- Catching up with tons of people at the midrealm party: Adam (who is back in kingdom--yay!), Angelique, Sir Lucien (who told me a funny story about A's coronet), Rory (by phone, whom we missed dearly), HG Genevieve of Ealdormere, who I'd missed catching up with during the first few days.
- Being asked to speak at some upcoming elevations--a first, and a true honor.
Now it's back to lab, where nothing much has changed lately...I'm trying a new type of experiment this week, though...it's kind of my last hope for my project. If it doesn't yield results it may be time to work on something totally different. Which I actually would not mind...I'm getting very tired of (and angry at) my current project. Roar!