I have an amazing amount to catch up on.
Jun. 7th, 2007 12:16 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
guenievreSo somehow I managed not to update this thing since before Crown. I am an awful, awful journaler. The problem, of course, being I don't write and then I psych myself out with having too much to talk about. I'm not going to try to catch up - everyone else has written about things like Crown already. (Which I was overwhelmed by, really - I'm absolutely astounded/thrilled b/c my friends made me a dress, when mine didn't get done, and that my husband was willing to go out and fight for me, and even win one!).
But on the astounding front, that's not the biggest thing that's happened to me this last month. You see, I wasn't even planning on GOING to University. But as it turned out,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
kfitzwarin couldn't go to Sapphire, and we desperately needed a break that didn't involve camping, so we ended up deciding to do Uni instead of Sapphire.
I barely went to the event - as in, we got to site late because of traffic, went to the Oldcastle class (minus garb, because we thought it was going to be armored and... anyway), then started dithering about whether to put on armor or garb for the afternoon. Finally decided to go take classes, so went to get dressed in the bathroom. Now, this oufit takes 20 minutes from mundanes-to-done, even without the fake hair. Especially without the fake hair, as mine JUST BARELY is long enough for that sort of braid.Anyway, I end up talking to like 20 zillion people in the ladies room while fixing my hair, including my dear laurel, who I didn't realize I was making Very Nervous. See, I wasn't even really PLANNING on going to court...was just going to get dressed now and then go to lunch, and come back for class. In fact, I was fairly sure this was the plan...
So we (soucyn, catwhowalked, fenrir1323, kfitzwarin and I) start walking over to court. Which confused me, but it's a university, so I figured it was some laurel thing, or what not. The auditorium was VERY hot, and there was no real way to find a seat discreetly and things had already started. So I gave up on court and figured I'd wait in the hall till K was done with whatever she wanted to see. Didn't even pay any attention to the Pearls being in court, as they were giving one to Peronnelle (is she on LJ? she does fabulous things...) Anyway, I'm standing there, chatting with puck_eater and soucyn, about something... perhaps teasing them about being the orange brigade? when Keilyn comes over, completely beaming and offers me an arm, to join the ranks of the Pearls. I think I almost fainted, and I know that sounds melodramatic, but I was so far outside my barony, and had completely missed ANY hint of anything...well, yeah. I know I was shocked enough someone commented on the look on my face, I know I was visibly shaking kneeling in front of the Queen. Still haven't... quite... grokked it - I mean, when I first got in the SCA, Mistress Ysolt had JUST gotten hers, at least within a few months, and she's who got me in, and.... So it was always in my head as a Really Big Deal that happened to other people. So yeah...
Anyway, the rest of the weekend was a blur, though fun, and apparently involved much shopping (IKEA, Penzey's, Lush.... all those things we don't have here...) And now I've finally written, soharleenquinzell can quit bugging me...
But on the astounding front, that's not the biggest thing that's happened to me this last month. You see, I wasn't even planning on GOING to University. But as it turned out,
kfitzwarin couldn't go to Sapphire, and we desperately needed a break that didn't involve camping, so we ended up deciding to do Uni instead of Sapphire.I barely went to the event - as in, we got to site late because of traffic, went to the Oldcastle class (minus garb, because we thought it was going to be armored and... anyway), then started dithering about whether to put on armor or garb for the afternoon. Finally decided to go take classes, so went to get dressed in the bathroom. Now, this oufit takes 20 minutes from mundanes-to-done, even without the fake hair. Especially without the fake hair, as mine JUST BARELY is long enough for that sort of braid.Anyway, I end up talking to like 20 zillion people in the ladies room while fixing my hair, including my dear laurel, who I didn't realize I was making Very Nervous. See, I wasn't even really PLANNING on going to court...was just going to get dressed now and then go to lunch, and come back for class. In fact, I was fairly sure this was the plan...
So we (
soucyn, catwhowalked, fenrir1323, kfitzwarin and I) start walking over to court. Which confused me, but it's a university, so I figured it was some laurel thing, or what not. The auditorium was VERY hot, and there was no real way to find a seat discreetly and things had already started. So I gave up on court and figured I'd wait in the hall till K was done with whatever she wanted to see. Didn't even pay any attention to the Pearls being in court, as they were giving one to Peronnelle (is she on LJ? she does fabulous things...) Anyway, I'm standing there, chatting with puck_eater and soucyn, about something... perhaps teasing them about being the orange brigade? when Keilyn comes over, completely beaming and offers me an arm, to join the ranks of the Pearls. I think I almost fainted, and I know that sounds melodramatic, but I was so far outside my barony, and had completely missed ANY hint of anything...well, yeah. I know I was shocked enough someone commented on the look on my face, I know I was visibly shaking kneeling in front of the Queen. Still haven't... quite... grokked it - I mean, when I first got in the SCA, Mistress Ysolt had JUST gotten hers, at least within a few months, and she's who got me in, and.... So it was always in my head as a Really Big Deal that happened to other people. So yeah... Anyway, the rest of the weekend was a blur, though fun, and apparently involved much shopping (IKEA, Penzey's, Lush.... all those things we don't have here...) And now I've finally written, so
harleenquinzell can quit bugging me...
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Date: 2007-06-07 04:33 am (UTC)Congratulations!
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Date: 2007-06-07 05:11 am (UTC)And thank you!
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Date: 2007-06-07 11:17 am (UTC)We work in sneaky ways... :)
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Date: 2007-06-07 12:08 pm (UTC)Many congratulations!
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Date: 2007-06-07 12:18 pm (UTC)Well done you!
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Date: 2007-06-07 12:21 pm (UTC)congratulations!
Date: 2007-06-07 12:26 pm (UTC)Re: congratulations!
Date: 2007-06-07 02:17 pm (UTC)Hee hee
Re: congratulations!
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Date: 2007-06-07 12:36 pm (UTC)"as they were giving one to Peronnelle (is she on LJ? she does fabulous things...)"
Yes she is...yes she does. Her user ID is, strangely, Peronelle...
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Date: 2007-06-07 02:18 pm (UTC)I stipulated that she was throwing off the LJ community who were waiting to congratulate your Pearlie entry, and we were stifling frustrated SQUEE, and it was giving us heartburn.
Or at the very least the pox.
YAY!!!!! *bouncybouncybouncy*
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Date: 2007-06-07 03:39 pm (UTC)My congratulations, Your Pearlness!!!
Roana de Laci
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Date: 2007-06-07 05:26 pm (UTC)Congrats again!!
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Date: 2007-06-07 10:56 pm (UTC)I'm sorry I missed it.I think you are doing fabulous stuff.
Love those Hats...and food...and all that other stuff. You Rock.
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Date: 2007-06-08 11:54 am (UTC)PS Fabulous outfit. :-)