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The college as a collective whole needs a timeout and a nap today. There have been too many snarky emails insinuating mismanagement and fault. I'm trying not to react to it. Sometimes it's harder than others. I also recognize that I am not as well rested as I could be either.
A quick update on Dad. He is home and able to walk with a cane now instead of the walker. He's being whiny about his exercises and the fact that his knee hurts. I guess he expected the experience to be relatively pain free but I'm not sure why. At least he's capable of cognitive function now so I shouldn't complain too much.
Saturday was the Baronial Birthday Bash. It was REALLY low key. I spent most of the day sitting with a group of knitters at a table doing my knitting. At one point, I was the only one who had never worn the coronet, but I'd known most all of them before they wore the coronet so I didn't feel like a toady. It was generally low drama although I heard a couple of dramatic moments which made me want to raise my eyebrows but I tried to remain placidly knitting. Apparently, the fact that one of them noticed me noticing made her feel guilty because she said "Hi! I'm not going to apologize." Well, okay, she didn't owe ME the apology anyway. Not my chicken....watch me walk away. I think it all got sorted out by the end of the day- yeay for mature behavior from drahma llamas!
I did have a couple of odd moments where I wondered what I was doing there and why I didn't just go home. Part of that was the lack of downtime to recharge last week and part of it was the difficulty I'm having in finding my place. It didn't help that the knitting I was working on was not something I'm totally in love with- it's obligation knitting and in this case, not terribly interesting socks. I also had a lot to do at home so, with so little going on, I felt a bit like I was wasting time. I worked through it instead of leaving and was glad that I did.
I had a great conversation with Vesta and I think we are facing similar issues with the SCA and the life/work dance. It was good to reconnect and both be in a place where we could just sit and talk. It was not wasted time...see, if I'd been all over busy at the event we would have missed the opportunity. A perspective adjustment does wonders. I also got to know Janet (the Princess) a little bit. I've seen her before but we've never really interacted. I introduced myself and was quite surprised when she indicated that she knew who I was. I hope that's good and not bad. (Bad Brain! No running immediately to the negative!) I do still wonder about the context of her knowledge. Most of the time, I think I'm pretty invisible....which is both pleasing and displeasing to me at the same time.
I had a few moments to discuss July Coronation with Ceredwin as we were leaving. Not enough to really sort it out but it's a start. I should check and see if I need to take that Friday off though. There may be three of us instead of just two and that's fine as long as we can cram all of our stuff into the Tahoe or find someone to tow the trailer. None of us have pulled the trailer before and don't feel comfortable doing so. We have time to make plans.
Sunday was the usual but a discussion with Mom about planting and planters made me feel a bit panicky about how I'm going to balance my house work and the SCA this summer but I'm sure I'll figure it out. Mostly there are time constraints related to my parent's both having surgery this spring. Mom's is scheduled for May 7th so hopefully dad will be more fully mobile before then because mom will need 4-6 weeks to rest and recuperate from major surgery. She's rushing to get her spring planting done before surgery and that made me feel like I should too. I do need help to build the new squash bed and so I'm going to have to plan to do that the first weekend in May- after payday and before Mom's surgery. Time is rushing past- there is only one more weekend before that. (Alternatively, thank goodness that payday is close.) There is a lot to do but I can only take one day at a time. It's too bad that work takes so much time. ;>) But thank goodness for work that provides a decent paycheck!
Speaking of work, I should probably do some. Have a good week!
A quick update on Dad. He is home and able to walk with a cane now instead of the walker. He's being whiny about his exercises and the fact that his knee hurts. I guess he expected the experience to be relatively pain free but I'm not sure why. At least he's capable of cognitive function now so I shouldn't complain too much.
Saturday was the Baronial Birthday Bash. It was REALLY low key. I spent most of the day sitting with a group of knitters at a table doing my knitting. At one point, I was the only one who had never worn the coronet, but I'd known most all of them before they wore the coronet so I didn't feel like a toady. It was generally low drama although I heard a couple of dramatic moments which made me want to raise my eyebrows but I tried to remain placidly knitting. Apparently, the fact that one of them noticed me noticing made her feel guilty because she said "Hi! I'm not going to apologize." Well, okay, she didn't owe ME the apology anyway. Not my chicken....watch me walk away. I think it all got sorted out by the end of the day- yeay for mature behavior from drahma llamas!
I did have a couple of odd moments where I wondered what I was doing there and why I didn't just go home. Part of that was the lack of downtime to recharge last week and part of it was the difficulty I'm having in finding my place. It didn't help that the knitting I was working on was not something I'm totally in love with- it's obligation knitting and in this case, not terribly interesting socks. I also had a lot to do at home so, with so little going on, I felt a bit like I was wasting time. I worked through it instead of leaving and was glad that I did.
I had a great conversation with Vesta and I think we are facing similar issues with the SCA and the life/work dance. It was good to reconnect and both be in a place where we could just sit and talk. It was not wasted time...see, if I'd been all over busy at the event we would have missed the opportunity. A perspective adjustment does wonders. I also got to know Janet (the Princess) a little bit. I've seen her before but we've never really interacted. I introduced myself and was quite surprised when she indicated that she knew who I was. I hope that's good and not bad. (Bad Brain! No running immediately to the negative!) I do still wonder about the context of her knowledge. Most of the time, I think I'm pretty invisible....which is both pleasing and displeasing to me at the same time.
I had a few moments to discuss July Coronation with Ceredwin as we were leaving. Not enough to really sort it out but it's a start. I should check and see if I need to take that Friday off though. There may be three of us instead of just two and that's fine as long as we can cram all of our stuff into the Tahoe or find someone to tow the trailer. None of us have pulled the trailer before and don't feel comfortable doing so. We have time to make plans.
Sunday was the usual but a discussion with Mom about planting and planters made me feel a bit panicky about how I'm going to balance my house work and the SCA this summer but I'm sure I'll figure it out. Mostly there are time constraints related to my parent's both having surgery this spring. Mom's is scheduled for May 7th so hopefully dad will be more fully mobile before then because mom will need 4-6 weeks to rest and recuperate from major surgery. She's rushing to get her spring planting done before surgery and that made me feel like I should too. I do need help to build the new squash bed and so I'm going to have to plan to do that the first weekend in May- after payday and before Mom's surgery. Time is rushing past- there is only one more weekend before that. (Alternatively, thank goodness that payday is close.) There is a lot to do but I can only take one day at a time. It's too bad that work takes so much time. ;>) But thank goodness for work that provides a decent paycheck!
Speaking of work, I should probably do some. Have a good week!
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