What an odd weekend.

Well, friday I managed to get all of the separate sections of my report finished and concluded and now I need to write up the final summary of the report and send it out for the peer review tomorrow. It was rough to write because I was tired and kept second guessing the numbers I was seeing and having to go back through large reports to confirm but I'm okay with that. I got home and worked on the house and finally ended up curling up on the couch with the hubby to watch a movie and rest. I then got cleaned up and we headed to Sean and Elaria's for the final 12th Night party. I had a really nice time chatting with folks and just catching up with people. We left a bit after 11 and we both slept really good.

Saturday was a nice morning with coffee in bed and snuggles. It was nice to laze in bed and just enjoy the morning. Got out and about in the house late and was cleaning when phone calls from out of town about the shooting in tucson started arriving in. I had seen a tweet about something but hadn't clicked the links to follow what was going on.

Shocking in its severity, random in the news coverage and misinformation and sad that the guy thought this was a way to deal with things. Folks will scream about gun control etc. My personal opinion is you can take my guns away from my cold dead hands but it doesn't matter how controlled things are or aren't people will do extremist things if they believe they are the right thing to do. A lot of folks outside of AZ don't understand our political climate or the issues at hand and what, especially the southern parts of the state, deal with. I've come to realize that very rarely does anybody I ever vote for get into office but I realize that is the democratic process, I gave my opinion and it wasn't the majority. I'm okay with that, I still vote to at least show my voice. Those are the legal things you can do, along with supporting candidates, working for the polling places etc. Violence is not the answer or the solution. And that is all I shall say.

So, that made saturday weird after that. We got the house in ship shape for Chris and Miana staying with us for Fop Revel/War Practice. I'm very sure I over did it. I headed to site to set up the artisan's display and Craven and Elzbieta had everything I needed. I put up table clothes and set up the box and came home to make a little sign for it and get things packed up. I had managed to squeeze into my cotehardie, not my kirtle and since I had taken it in recently it was self supporting and I had the part under my bust unbuttoned and I looked cute I think and I guess folks didn't realize we were "this pregnant" Lol. Oh, well. I guess waiting until month 4 to tell people folk's timing gets weird. The display went really well, the event was lots of fun and I really want a recipe for the gluten free Guinness cupcakes. Lots of people took part in the costume contests and that was some awesome there as well. All in all a very good event and a nice Fop Revel revamp. It was the best 12th Night I have ever attended in the Kingdom. Ivan sat most of the event in the corner near the display with a circle of ladies who I later nicknamed his "harem of yarn harlots" all doing string stuff especially nalbinding. We got home just after 11pm and I was done. I made a big cup of cocoa and snuggled up in the couch in jammies as we awaited our houseguests return from a quick bite to eat. They arrived just after midnight and we all quickly went to bed. I slept okay...I think the too much movement and things all day and the too much sugar right before bed weren't my best plan. I did okay but another hour or two of sleep would have been wonderful.

We all got dressed in modern clothing and then headed to Joe's for breakfast. Good times there and good conversation. We headed back to the house and got packed up for the event. I managed to put on some nice looking viking that I fit into well and I didn't look as preggers in that as I did in my 14th Century. I was worried about being warm enough and I did okay until the afternoon where I think I got too warm. Oh, well. I managed I think to not walk around too much and keep off of my feet. I even managed a little bit of a nap under mingo's shade. But by the end of the event I was sore and feeling out of sorts. I'm happy to say that Ivan and I now have SCA Grandkids in zippydclown and alyedczypsser. Woot! We ended up heading to Monkeyburger and it seems that the podling wanted food and that made me feel tons better until we got home and I was so tired.

Mel had to help me off of the couch and I think I probably should have taken some tylenol before bed because I kept waking up throughout the night to roll over to get comfy again. I just couldn't stay comfy for long. I got up finally and mel made my day by 1) bringing me coffee in the bathroom and 2)finding lunch for us in our canned pantry stores. It was lentil soup we canned up in 2009 and it smelled so good. So I only got to work ten minutes later than planned and that was okay. I've sucked down almost all of the coffee I can for the day and I feel much better. I'm sore still just in general all over and I think its just over doing things in general. I'm calling glenn to get an appointment today cause the left knee is not staying in place and I'm sure my hips have shifted again. So, time to get the pregger body set and then hit the gym tomorrow to get things back on track. I need my planks and my weights.

So, goals for this week are to take it easy when I can and not push too hard. Work on projects in knitting and get things ready for the household meeting on Saturday.