Well in the last two weeks things have settled a bit on the mental front. Work was a bit nuts due to finance stuff and my meeting with the bigwigs didn't go well. It wasn't my fault, we didn't have the correct data in time and punted. But we got things worked out while I was on vacation and now this week we will be doing the rest.
Can I state that not handling the kitchen and packing the kitchen stuff is such a nice thing? Seriously, easy to pack. We starting packing for war on Tuesday night at 630pm and finished at 11pm. That included me doing an ice run. We got out the door to on Wednesday AM at 640 and then to Ed's. got on the road just before 7. Mel drove Ed's truck and I drove the van with our trailer. The van is doing less well as I wanted. It has been throwing codes for misfires and we will be taking it in on Friday. It did not like hauling the trailer and having the AC on and trying to use cruise. So there is that. But the war.
With Ed and Candace not there it was a lot of setup on Wednesday. We have older folks and folks who are not able to do as much but we managed to get all of the tents up minus one late arrival by 5pm and then mel got new side rails for the fire pit made by the time dinner started. We all were pretty tired after that but had a nice fire. The rest of the war was good. Our space was tight. Like we didn't quite have enough space cause folks cant read a map. But its okay. We made it work. We had a very small courtyard, and only one firepit and we only had mead Thurs and Saturday night. Mel was too tired and went to bed at like 7pm. Lol. But he fought well and we all had a good time. It was nice to sit in the arts tent in camp and hang out doing crafts and chatting. I managed to get my new apron done, its basically a piece of linen and an old bit of tablet weaving that I put together to make an apron. Then![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
lferion and I made some chain stuff to go with our things. I got a new bell and charm and found another duck votive to add to my votive chain. I got them all attached and could wear it. I also worked on my half gloves and got a bit of that done.
I didn't really watch any of the fighting or the tourneys, I went to the social for arts. I went to two baronial courts and skipped grand court. Dominique and Poe running kitchen went well. I'm very pleased.
Had some drama with Dom going missing and I searched all of he site and some folks in RV found him drunk and passed out. They got him water and got him back to camp and then his squire who was helping me look got him to his car and to my apprenitice to go to their air B&B. Wander and I put the fire out that night and it was like 1AM.
Still it was good.
Here are my photos:
Here is Dom Taking an apprentice:
Here is us taking a new member, Rook
Can I state that not handling the kitchen and packing the kitchen stuff is such a nice thing? Seriously, easy to pack. We starting packing for war on Tuesday night at 630pm and finished at 11pm. That included me doing an ice run. We got out the door to on Wednesday AM at 640 and then to Ed's. got on the road just before 7. Mel drove Ed's truck and I drove the van with our trailer. The van is doing less well as I wanted. It has been throwing codes for misfires and we will be taking it in on Friday. It did not like hauling the trailer and having the AC on and trying to use cruise. So there is that. But the war.
With Ed and Candace not there it was a lot of setup on Wednesday. We have older folks and folks who are not able to do as much but we managed to get all of the tents up minus one late arrival by 5pm and then mel got new side rails for the fire pit made by the time dinner started. We all were pretty tired after that but had a nice fire. The rest of the war was good. Our space was tight. Like we didn't quite have enough space cause folks cant read a map. But its okay. We made it work. We had a very small courtyard, and only one firepit and we only had mead Thurs and Saturday night. Mel was too tired and went to bed at like 7pm. Lol. But he fought well and we all had a good time. It was nice to sit in the arts tent in camp and hang out doing crafts and chatting. I managed to get my new apron done, its basically a piece of linen and an old bit of tablet weaving that I put together to make an apron. Then
lferion and I made some chain stuff to go with our things. I got a new bell and charm and found another duck votive to add to my votive chain. I got them all attached and could wear it. I also worked on my half gloves and got a bit of that done.I didn't really watch any of the fighting or the tourneys, I went to the social for arts. I went to two baronial courts and skipped grand court. Dominique and Poe running kitchen went well. I'm very pleased.
Had some drama with Dom going missing and I searched all of he site and some folks in RV found him drunk and passed out. They got him water and got him back to camp and then his squire who was helping me look got him to his car and to my apprenitice to go to their air B&B. Wander and I put the fire out that night and it was like 1AM.
Still it was good.
Here are my photos:
Here is Dom Taking an apprentice:
Here is us taking a new member, Rook
