Pelican Offer.... SURPRISE!
Soooooo... all day yesterday I am getting texts from friends like thus, "I think I am coming to practice tonight". Stein and I are working on sausages etc and I mention to him, "I think practice is going to be busy!"
Then people start rolling in... Catherin of Wessex... Kate... my laurel... Paul and Sue... Matt and Lisa... Francisco (his first ever FP)... Alys... Marguerite... hmmmm... this is a REALLY busy practice. Like... the busiest practice ever... is that Collin McLear AND his son?? FUN! LET'S DRINK!
So THEN people are like circling up outside and then I was like... ohhhhhHHHHhhhh, the King and Queen are here (BTW, our K&Q are really awesome)... and now Corwyn is calling everyone to gather around... Holy Cr*p... I am going to get something good right up in here! And then, in front of TONS of my friends, plus both my peers AND my apprentice-sister (not to mention my own hot sweaty fighter-pelican) AND my gorgeous Sara and Sammy... TM Marc and Patsy offered me admittance to the Order of the Pelican. I kind of looked at Stacey and was like, "What do I say now?" And she said, "YES." It was really funny. So of course I said yes... it was so sweet of Brion to organize having all my friends there, plus keeping it totally a secret (since June Crown no less!)... he is really so wonderful. Of course it was SUPER busy but I could still spot Hirsch grinning from ear to ear all night and everyone had a great time. It was really pretty perfect.
Soooooo now (as Francisco says) it's time to plan the thing... So I talked to Stacy and Brion today and we decided to do it at October Crown. parlor_games and Ula will be here, plus Kaaren and hopefully Master Eduardo and some of my other An Tirian friends, plus I've asked Erzabeta to make me a German middle class dress and that should give her plenty of time to put that together. She is so talented and I have long coveted her wool middle class German! Muhahahahaha! Now I shall have one of my very own!
Anyway, Master Eduardo asked me when I was visiting for the Culinary Symposium what I would do if I was offered a peerage and I remember thinking how far off that probably was and told him I didn't think I would really need to think about it for a while... so now he is probably chuckling at me. Truthfully, I've been so busy at work that it's been far from my mind but at the time I was thinking that being offered a peerage was kind of like being offered a job and I would have to be really prepared to do the job. I know my real life is really busy right now, but I am still really excited to be co-autocratting the next Culinary Symposium and exploring all of the range of SCA service so I feel pretty good about where I am in my life and in the SCA. I feel like I am inspired to do the job... you know?
I am also pretty stoked about all of the fun stuff coming at October Crown. A bunch of my friends are coming, B4B is always a total blast and I think we will see a great turn out and have a lot of fun. I am really looking forward to it! I am going to try to do the really fun Friday night vigil and then keep the ceremony itself short and sweet. So YAY! Pretty cool!
Then people start rolling in... Catherin of Wessex... Kate... my laurel... Paul and Sue... Matt and Lisa... Francisco (his first ever FP)... Alys... Marguerite... hmmmm... this is a REALLY busy practice. Like... the busiest practice ever... is that Collin McLear AND his son?? FUN! LET'S DRINK!
So THEN people are like circling up outside and then I was like... ohhhhhHHHHhhhh, the King and Queen are here (BTW, our K&Q are really awesome)... and now Corwyn is calling everyone to gather around... Holy Cr*p... I am going to get something good right up in here! And then, in front of TONS of my friends, plus both my peers AND my apprentice-sister (not to mention my own hot sweaty fighter-pelican) AND my gorgeous Sara and Sammy... TM Marc and Patsy offered me admittance to the Order of the Pelican. I kind of looked at Stacey and was like, "What do I say now?" And she said, "YES." It was really funny. So of course I said yes... it was so sweet of Brion to organize having all my friends there, plus keeping it totally a secret (since June Crown no less!)... he is really so wonderful. Of course it was SUPER busy but I could still spot Hirsch grinning from ear to ear all night and everyone had a great time. It was really pretty perfect.
Soooooo now (as Francisco says) it's time to plan the thing... So I talked to Stacy and Brion today and we decided to do it at October Crown. parlor_games and Ula will be here, plus Kaaren and hopefully Master Eduardo and some of my other An Tirian friends, plus I've asked Erzabeta to make me a German middle class dress and that should give her plenty of time to put that together. She is so talented and I have long coveted her wool middle class German! Muhahahahaha! Now I shall have one of my very own!
Anyway, Master Eduardo asked me when I was visiting for the Culinary Symposium what I would do if I was offered a peerage and I remember thinking how far off that probably was and told him I didn't think I would really need to think about it for a while... so now he is probably chuckling at me. Truthfully, I've been so busy at work that it's been far from my mind but at the time I was thinking that being offered a peerage was kind of like being offered a job and I would have to be really prepared to do the job. I know my real life is really busy right now, but I am still really excited to be co-autocratting the next Culinary Symposium and exploring all of the range of SCA service so I feel pretty good about where I am in my life and in the SCA. I feel like I am inspired to do the job... you know?
I am also pretty stoked about all of the fun stuff coming at October Crown. A bunch of my friends are coming, B4B is always a total blast and I think we will see a great turn out and have a lot of fun. I am really looking forward to it! I am going to try to do the really fun Friday night vigil and then keep the ceremony itself short and sweet. So YAY! Pretty cool!