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ianukWhen last I wrote I was frantically getting ready for crown. It just seemed like everything was falling into place but not at the pace I would have liked. I had a crazy idea to make a dress on Thursday night and well, I consulted my tweeps and they all said it was crazy talk so I sat and had ice cream and went to bed early.
Oh, Benton had an incident report on Thursday from bonking his orbital on a table when his chair went out from under him during an art project. He got really scraped up and a slight black eye from it.
The trip up was really good and we hit Flagstaff for a late lunch at "The Place" and then did some antiquing. Mel only bought one tool and we had a nice time. Got checked into our hotel, I need to remember that the flagstaff holiday inn express has smaller rooms than I'm used to...still nice but small. Benton was getting into everything which is normal but man does he have a thing for electrical cords. Gah!
We relaxed and then headed out for dinner at the Beaver Street Brewery. I then noticed that my taste buds were not working well...probably sinus related from being higher up. The bear didn't taste right to me and I ended up drinking lager which is not normal for me. The food was good and little boy stuffed himself on chicken strips and fruit and then nommed happily on fruit cobbler with me. Mel stuffed himself on sausage and all things German. We got back to the hotel and put Benton to bed which involved him crying for 15 mins since we "ignored" him. After he fell asleep we watched "Where's Perry" Part 2 from Phineas and Ferb and then it was to bed. I was tired but I had a hard time falling asleep.
The morning dawned a bit earlier than we expected with Benton waking up just before 7am. We got dressed and headed to breakfast. I <3 the HIX cinnamon rolls. Then it was back upstairs for showers and getting ready for the event. While mel was in the shower Benton was walking across the bed to the end table and didn't realize there was a gap between the bed and the endtable and smack his head in the same spot as Thursday. There was blood and screaming and now my kid looked even more like a prize fighter. We got to site just a bit later than planned but it was okay since the tent was just starting to go up. The rain from the previous day made things a bit muddy. Keeping little boy out of the muck was going to take some doing. Mud just seems to make him happy.
Banners were unfurled and we got Hrafnheim setup nicely. Then we waited. The morning took way too long with court and the processional and then finally the challenges so fighting could begin. Benton was put down for a nap by Ari after Grimmr had followed him all over site while he was carrying mel's spare sword as you can see in this Picture. He's such a cutie!
In the end Ivan made it to the semi's and was taken out by the guys who were in the finals. We had some issues with Benton waking up not feeling good and having a screaming baby while trying to take care of your fighter made things stressful for me. Thankfully my household is made of awesome and they dealt with diapers and kiddo and let me do my thing. I did end up holding onto benton during mel's final bought since he would not let anyone but me hold him without screaming. This became a theme for the rest of the weekend.
Just as the finals were announced the sky opened up with rain. I was very, very happy I had the forethought to pack our raven cloaks and to pack benton's sweater and hat. I think Lady Adelicia de Clare took some cute photos of us. Hopefully we will see them soon. Though with how Benton was doing mel and I are thinking of getting him a sitter for crown in march dependent on where it is.
By the time we got to the hotel on Saturday night it was bathtime for the boys and I was pretty exhausted. I managed to drive us to the Alpha/Omega Greek restaurant and that was about it. I was so brain dead. Mel was not surprised since being consort is a very mental thing to be helpful but not distracting to the fighter. We had a nice dinner and then home for Benton to head to bed and we had a few beers and ate chocolates before bed for us.
I slept good minus waking up at 1am to Benton screaming in his sleep. We got him his elephant and his binky and he was back to normal. We got up on Sunday and got things moving really well. Benton wasn't too hungry but he'd stuffed himself on pancakes the night before so I was not surprised. We got to site and surveyed the damage from the rain which wasn't too much.
The day progressed pretty well. Benton was very much in the "must have mommy" mode and I really wanted to just sit and chat with people and just meandered around with him. We got our "camp" struck while the final parts of the tourneys were happening and had everything in cars before it started sprinkling. Closing court was quick and then we got changed and then headed out. I was feeling weird and mel made me eat a sandwich while he drove us down the mountain. We had lots of stoopid on the way to phx. People pulling out in front of us. People driving dumb...about the sanest thing we saw was a mazda miata hauling a trailer with two jet skis on it. seriously.
I decided when looking at the time and knowing what time we'd get to tucson that we needed to stop for dinner so we got off and went to IKEA. Sweden for dinner was lovely. We found out that benton LOVED the meatballs (we made sure to buy some) and we had a nice time walking around and stretching the legs and Benton got a break from napping in the car and he ate really well which was what we wanted him to do.
I then drove us home while mel talked with his mom. His grandmother (who in the last month lost her husband) was in the hospital. Lots of planning discussions were done and that was good. I was getting pretty tired by the time we got home but I got Benton into a bath (with mel's help) but he wasn't happy about it. Oof. We got everything put away and then just collapsed on the couch from exhaustion with each of us having a beer in hand.
The thing is...I'm still tired. Its wednesday and I've been tired all of the day and going to bed early and sleeping lots and well, I'm still tired. I think part of it is just the relaxation from the stress of crown and now I think I'm trying to come down with something sinusy. We shall see. I'm taking it easy and just relaxing and trying to get enough sleep.
Oh, Benton had an incident report on Thursday from bonking his orbital on a table when his chair went out from under him during an art project. He got really scraped up and a slight black eye from it.
The trip up was really good and we hit Flagstaff for a late lunch at "The Place" and then did some antiquing. Mel only bought one tool and we had a nice time. Got checked into our hotel, I need to remember that the flagstaff holiday inn express has smaller rooms than I'm used to...still nice but small. Benton was getting into everything which is normal but man does he have a thing for electrical cords. Gah!
We relaxed and then headed out for dinner at the Beaver Street Brewery. I then noticed that my taste buds were not working well...probably sinus related from being higher up. The bear didn't taste right to me and I ended up drinking lager which is not normal for me. The food was good and little boy stuffed himself on chicken strips and fruit and then nommed happily on fruit cobbler with me. Mel stuffed himself on sausage and all things German. We got back to the hotel and put Benton to bed which involved him crying for 15 mins since we "ignored" him. After he fell asleep we watched "Where's Perry" Part 2 from Phineas and Ferb and then it was to bed. I was tired but I had a hard time falling asleep.
The morning dawned a bit earlier than we expected with Benton waking up just before 7am. We got dressed and headed to breakfast. I <3 the HIX cinnamon rolls. Then it was back upstairs for showers and getting ready for the event. While mel was in the shower Benton was walking across the bed to the end table and didn't realize there was a gap between the bed and the endtable and smack his head in the same spot as Thursday. There was blood and screaming and now my kid looked even more like a prize fighter. We got to site just a bit later than planned but it was okay since the tent was just starting to go up. The rain from the previous day made things a bit muddy. Keeping little boy out of the muck was going to take some doing. Mud just seems to make him happy.
Banners were unfurled and we got Hrafnheim setup nicely. Then we waited. The morning took way too long with court and the processional and then finally the challenges so fighting could begin. Benton was put down for a nap by Ari after Grimmr had followed him all over site while he was carrying mel's spare sword as you can see in this Picture. He's such a cutie!
In the end Ivan made it to the semi's and was taken out by the guys who were in the finals. We had some issues with Benton waking up not feeling good and having a screaming baby while trying to take care of your fighter made things stressful for me. Thankfully my household is made of awesome and they dealt with diapers and kiddo and let me do my thing. I did end up holding onto benton during mel's final bought since he would not let anyone but me hold him without screaming. This became a theme for the rest of the weekend.
Just as the finals were announced the sky opened up with rain. I was very, very happy I had the forethought to pack our raven cloaks and to pack benton's sweater and hat. I think Lady Adelicia de Clare took some cute photos of us. Hopefully we will see them soon. Though with how Benton was doing mel and I are thinking of getting him a sitter for crown in march dependent on where it is.
By the time we got to the hotel on Saturday night it was bathtime for the boys and I was pretty exhausted. I managed to drive us to the Alpha/Omega Greek restaurant and that was about it. I was so brain dead. Mel was not surprised since being consort is a very mental thing to be helpful but not distracting to the fighter. We had a nice dinner and then home for Benton to head to bed and we had a few beers and ate chocolates before bed for us.
I slept good minus waking up at 1am to Benton screaming in his sleep. We got him his elephant and his binky and he was back to normal. We got up on Sunday and got things moving really well. Benton wasn't too hungry but he'd stuffed himself on pancakes the night before so I was not surprised. We got to site and surveyed the damage from the rain which wasn't too much.
The day progressed pretty well. Benton was very much in the "must have mommy" mode and I really wanted to just sit and chat with people and just meandered around with him. We got our "camp" struck while the final parts of the tourneys were happening and had everything in cars before it started sprinkling. Closing court was quick and then we got changed and then headed out. I was feeling weird and mel made me eat a sandwich while he drove us down the mountain. We had lots of stoopid on the way to phx. People pulling out in front of us. People driving dumb...about the sanest thing we saw was a mazda miata hauling a trailer with two jet skis on it. seriously.
I decided when looking at the time and knowing what time we'd get to tucson that we needed to stop for dinner so we got off and went to IKEA. Sweden for dinner was lovely. We found out that benton LOVED the meatballs (we made sure to buy some) and we had a nice time walking around and stretching the legs and Benton got a break from napping in the car and he ate really well which was what we wanted him to do.
I then drove us home while mel talked with his mom. His grandmother (who in the last month lost her husband) was in the hospital. Lots of planning discussions were done and that was good. I was getting pretty tired by the time we got home but I got Benton into a bath (with mel's help) but he wasn't happy about it. Oof. We got everything put away and then just collapsed on the couch from exhaustion with each of us having a beer in hand.
The thing is...I'm still tired. Its wednesday and I've been tired all of the day and going to bed early and sleeping lots and well, I'm still tired. I think part of it is just the relaxation from the stress of crown and now I think I'm trying to come down with something sinusy. We shall see. I'm taking it easy and just relaxing and trying to get enough sleep.
