Where has the last two weeks gone?
Mar. 24th, 2014 01:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ianukWell, work has been lots of long hours and working weekends. We have a new B&B. Benton turned 3. Billy and Ashley got married. Ronin and Alison got married. Mel and I were sick. Yeah....been crazy.
The good.
Benton's new school has helped our mental state of affairs tremendously. Wow. Benton comes home from school exhausted from a good day, not a trying/frustrated day. He's doing well and learning things and that is really important. Even when we have a rough morning the staff is awesome and smiling and just relaxed about things. It makes me smile. They even got Benton a B-day present! Seriously, they've known him for 2 weeks and got him something perfect! We had a nice night of dinner, cake and presents with a small group of friends of Benton's choosing on his natal day. I think next year though I'm going to go for a nice Sunday afternoon thing cause Friday nights are fraught with challenges. (More in the bad)
Weddings were had. Lots of fun and getting gussied up as my husband's date is good. I did have to go shopping for a spring outdoor daytime affair but dress barn was awesome and my shoes look like they are from the 5th Element. Good food, good times but long days with each wedding.
Benton's bday was good with Pirate Themed cake (black icing fTW!) and good friends. They spoiled him rotten. Pictures of the day are here:
Benton's 3rd Birthday.
The bad...
Timing has just been bad all around with work, SCA and other social engagements. We haven't had a chance to breath. What did not help was my expectations for SCA events and people. I expect certain things and what I should have realized that my expectations are not reality. I missed most of the things I wanted to see at the event due to Benton not dealing well with the long day and me being primary boy care all day. The feast being between courts was odd and my suggestion for next time is to not do that again. It gave a very wrong flow to the event and made things not as celebretory. Hostage dinner theater was not what I signed up for, though unlike a good church where they pipe in the sound in the lobby, I got to see nothing. Sighs. I need to find a modern day baby sitter for long events like that. I should have known better and didn't. My own fault. Though, if you are investing a new B&B there should be standardized items for it and the reading of past reigns would be appropriate in the least. That I think had me irked the most after missing the knighting and only barely getting to see![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
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Then Sunday Benton was uber sick and Monday Mel got it and I succumbed to it on Thursday night. I'd hoped to avoid it since my GI track seems to always be way more resilient than the boys but uffdah, not so much this time. So Friday was a mess of us not feeling good. Lots of running to get things for Friday and Saturday and bleah. I didn't get a shower but my house was cleaner, dinner was done, cake was made and frosted and I had some help with clean up but too much stress for a simple dinner. Seriously.
In other stuff...
My foot is finally healed enough to start back at the gym. I'm hitting it Wednesday. The time off has not been good for me or my self esteem. Time to buckle down and get back to being healthy and realistic in my food choices versus what my body can handle. I know what I need to do, I just need to do it and not suck.
The good.
Benton's new school has helped our mental state of affairs tremendously. Wow. Benton comes home from school exhausted from a good day, not a trying/frustrated day. He's doing well and learning things and that is really important. Even when we have a rough morning the staff is awesome and smiling and just relaxed about things. It makes me smile. They even got Benton a B-day present! Seriously, they've known him for 2 weeks and got him something perfect! We had a nice night of dinner, cake and presents with a small group of friends of Benton's choosing on his natal day. I think next year though I'm going to go for a nice Sunday afternoon thing cause Friday nights are fraught with challenges. (More in the bad)
Weddings were had. Lots of fun and getting gussied up as my husband's date is good. I did have to go shopping for a spring outdoor daytime affair but dress barn was awesome and my shoes look like they are from the 5th Element. Good food, good times but long days with each wedding.
Benton's bday was good with Pirate Themed cake (black icing fTW!) and good friends. They spoiled him rotten. Pictures of the day are here:
Benton's 3rd Birthday.
The bad...
Timing has just been bad all around with work, SCA and other social engagements. We haven't had a chance to breath. What did not help was my expectations for SCA events and people. I expect certain things and what I should have realized that my expectations are not reality. I missed most of the things I wanted to see at the event due to Benton not dealing well with the long day and me being primary boy care all day. The feast being between courts was odd and my suggestion for next time is to not do that again. It gave a very wrong flow to the event and made things not as celebretory. Hostage dinner theater was not what I signed up for, though unlike a good church where they pipe in the sound in the lobby, I got to see nothing. Sighs. I need to find a modern day baby sitter for long events like that. I should have known better and didn't. My own fault. Though, if you are investing a new B&B there should be standardized items for it and the reading of past reigns would be appropriate in the least. That I think had me irked the most after missing the knighting and only barely getting to see
scribe_ari get made premier of the golden quill.Then Sunday Benton was uber sick and Monday Mel got it and I succumbed to it on Thursday night. I'd hoped to avoid it since my GI track seems to always be way more resilient than the boys but uffdah, not so much this time. So Friday was a mess of us not feeling good. Lots of running to get things for Friday and Saturday and bleah. I didn't get a shower but my house was cleaner, dinner was done, cake was made and frosted and I had some help with clean up but too much stress for a simple dinner. Seriously.
In other stuff...
My foot is finally healed enough to start back at the gym. I'm hitting it Wednesday. The time off has not been good for me or my self esteem. Time to buckle down and get back to being healthy and realistic in my food choices versus what my body can handle. I know what I need to do, I just need to do it and not suck.
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Date: 2014-03-25 12:15 am (UTC)I'd offer to Benton-sit, but it would be disingenuous, as the chances of you ever calling it in are slim.
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Date: 2014-03-25 02:29 pm (UTC)You could play skylanders with him.
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Date: 2014-03-25 01:45 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-03-25 02:28 pm (UTC)Ari go made the premier of the order on the 18th.
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Date: 2014-03-25 02:43 pm (UTC)