So with the rest of the family here we did some good things out side of the house like agate hunting on the road, archery practice with the whole family, movie nights where we have watched Jurassic Park II and ID 4. Hiked around Newton Hills State Park, Palisades State Park, Falls Park, crafted while the boys played video games/watched YT and hit up fighter practice. We have been active and that has been nice though now sitting at my desk for 9 hours makes my hips hurt. Le Sigh.

Right now Rob is putting in new light fixtures in the dining room and the entryway. The entryway has a boob light and the fixture in the dining room is for if 1) you had the table centered in the room, 2) if your ceilings were 15 foot heigh. Neither of those are the case since we use the patio (mom never did) and with the move of table during the overhaul to put in the bar. So I got two lights and wasn't sure which would go where. After discussions last night the stained glass went up in the dining room today and crystal in the entry. Rob had to do some finicky work to get the plates to line up and the fixture in the entry he just swapped out the shade. It looks so good! Before and . I didn't get the before shot in the entryway but here it after. This makes me happy and now no one will hit their heads in the dining room.

We also got a new dishwasher but it didn't get the plumbing hooked up cause its all copper in this house and needed a new valve. So it was a week before we could use the dishwasher for anything other than a drying rack and we have 7 people in the house...that is a lot of dishes we have all been doing. And teenage/tweens produce a copious amount of dishes.

For animals we've now seen a whole deer family unit with two does, and two fawns, including a tiny one who is so cute. But I had a muskrat visit the downstairs patio doors and I only got this photo through the screens . The bunnies and ground squirrels have been all over, lots of finches, swallows, robins (with a nest of 3 babies on our porch light), cardinals, finches, killdeer, wood peckers, and the boys saw a mouse in their bathroom drop ceiling, so I will have to get traps. We will put kill stuff out when we leave since I don't want the cats to eat a poisoned mouse. But sighs.

So wildlife and such. Its been nice to have the family here and we have an SCA trip to Wisconsin on Thursday. It will be fun and the weather is only looking kinda rainy so hopefully not with the tornado issues from last year. :)

The storms have shown some pretty skies though:
Fourth of July
June 23

I was/am still in withdrawal hell but much better. Right now its mostly the "persistent headache" and occasional dizziness. The headache is annoying but I'm managing with some meds. The dizzy I just need to not move too fast from bending down to standing up. Which okay..fair. Hopefully that finishes up soon.

While we had planned trailer prep this weekend Mel had dojo renovations on Saturday that took the day and I had projects for the war and beyond so next weekend will be better.

So Saturday I got up early and attended a calligraphy class from at the Atlantia University and then did some stuff around the house like take returns to the UPS store, clean up all of the cardboard detritus for the recycling and get my studio back to rights to start a project the next day. Then I tried to attend my next class and the teacher was a no show and we all hung out for 30 mins and chatted scribal stuff around the world and yeah I could have taught the class on "how to work with other kingdoms" and so I gave some pointers from my years of experience. Then Willa picked me up and we headed to the bead show at Casino del Sol. I got stuff for the embroidery project for Cassandras Laurel dress, I got some other findings I needed for necklace stuff and bought some earrings and a glow in the dark spindle whorl from Branwen. Now she sold it as a bead but its totally a whorl if you know what to look for. Mel's comment when he saw it was "i would have bought that too!"

It was nice to hang with Willa and we got to scope the site for possible coronation site. It is a casino but the hotel is nice, it has a separate from the casino entrance but the path to the ballrooms does brush the edge of a slots area without much demarcation and that makes me worry about kids etc. So we shall see. I have many other sites that are casinos and aren't so we shall figure it out.

Got home and Mel had only gotten back from the dojo at 5pm and was taking a breather so I took the suggestion from Benton who has a cold and wanted comfort food to make mac and cheese for him and Mel, Chicken nuggets in the air fryer and a nice side salad for me. It was a good meal and I cooked so yanno I call that a win. Benton basically played video games all Saturday and drank lots of honeyed tea and then went to bed after a long bath at like 730pm. Poor kiddo.

Sunday I tried to sleep in but mel had left the bathroom door open and the light woke me up. so I got some coffee and played stardew unhampered for like a hour before Mel got up. I then I played for longer than I should but it was okay. I then got dressed, sorted laundry, then after a break from being dizzy, got it into the washer for an afternoon of laundry. I then went through wools and found a brown wool for a bog coat for Benton...I used basically this pattern though I still don't know why they want the little slit for join to the body but meh. It worked. I dug through the tablet woven stash and found trim from an old caftan of Mel's to recycle and then sewed that on. I only used my serger for the 4 seams since my machines are still in the shop. Hopefully I can pick them up tomorrow when I take my serger class. I also pulled out the items I bought at the gem show, downselected them to what matched the gold needed and then pulled supplies from various places, dug out my embroidery stuff and realized it needed its own bin, found a bin but it needs a location and I don't want to rearrange things yet until the machines are back. So, I then attached the silk squares to a backing cotton and then tried two different embroidery frames that did not work for my sizing or needs. Then I put it in time out while I put the trim on the bog coat and then came back, took things off the frame, stored the frames (for now) and found my hoops. It fits my one hoop nicely and won't get weird for switching to the other design which I've snuggled up and pinned. I do need to get a nice bag to keep this in while I'm not working on it. After the war I will deal with my studio behind the door book case and the closet. Cause I need some of that space redone and being able to get to some of my drawer thingys would be nice since there are notions I can't get to. So I was happy that the only other thing I need to buy is some yellow felt to go under the gold in places and that is a quick michaels trip. I hope to get started on the laurel wreath tonight.

But for my viewing later for ideas on the rose etc Goldwork Rose

I think on the laurel leaves I will get a ground of yellow stem stitch and then do satin for the leaves with pearl/bead accents for the veins? I will have to play a bit I think. Or I will do this? Fly stitch which I quite like. I will just have to see. I will have to probably have a side hoop setup to practice on.

Anyhoo..productive weekend. I'm abit over 50% done with Killer Cocktails (#2) and about 5% on my treadmill book. So not too shabby...can't wait for the final with drawal stuff to finish. Ugh.

So, ya...I thought I would have a relaxing weekend....but didn't.

Friday was a bit of relaxing but I did car stuff, laundry of the bedding from the guests, getting the tree down and put all the insides xmas stuff down and away. I need to pull lights off the house still. I had a wonderful massage and then home for a nice evening.

Saturday I slept in a bit and then got moving with getting Benton to a friends house for some play time and then emptying my studio shelves and moving my fabric tubs so mel could put up new shelving and put a board on my filing cabinet to let the totes sit better. It took about an hour to empty everything into the front room and it was dusty and ugh. I then headed to Costco and got sundries...course everyone else had the same idea but I stuck to the outskirts and got my necessities and then headed home to unload and then pick Benton up from his fun. Once home Mel finished up with the shelving and I started to go through all of the stuff, organize things, put like with like and then I labeled every bin/container/drawer. I got everything back on the shelves and set minus a few small shoe box size things of SCA detritus I need to cull through. Its 30 years worth of site tokes, favors, tchotchkes etc. That is a Tuesday night problem. I also in the middle of organizing made chicken mole with store bought mole sauce. Tasty and less work than making my own though I may try to find some paste versus pouch version so I can make it thicker. But I finished this all up at 11pm. Mel was tired and had gone to bed a bit earlier and I was wired cause I was "PRODUCTIVE!!!" and my brain and body were wired. My back was also not happy with me from stoopid on Friday wrestling the tree etc.

Sunday we got up early, got dressed, loaded the van and were on the road with burritos by 730am to war practice on the NW side of Phx Metro. We got there with the right amount of time to get setup and sit down for court...which was exciting cause they offered knighthood to a gent who has been awesome and that made the Southern Baronies so happy cause he's from our neck of the desert. It was the whole reason I went to cheer, give him and his lady hugs and tell him how much he deserves this. I posted about it and his cousin who participated in his youth was like "HOLY HELL!!!" It brought such a smile to everyone. They also called up my KWHSS travel buddy Mistress Genevieve for the Laurels. Her 14th century is ON POINT and amazing. And her hubby is also amazing and funny as shit.

Anwhoo. After court I managed to get my 'errands' which were getting fiber to Skadi, delivering the bag Blossom left at Boar Fest, and getting my fighting card up to date. I still plan on getting back on the field. Just trying to get my health settled and get my endurance up and a few pounds off.

Anyhoo. The rest of the day I hung out under our shade, knit on mel's sock and attended the Bard of the Sun Competition. I did film a few of the performances. Dom singing his filk of "the mob song" from beauty and the beast and Sayyida Keesa dancing a prayer for rain for Caid . It was a wonderful time of song and stories and even sock puppets. I know I would have had a hard time choosing. But in the end Dom won! Woot! I think he's the 4th Bard of the Sun from the household. Yay!

Also, if you ever need THE RULES you now have the link of Ari reciting them at my vigil. :)

It was a nice day and I got a lot of knitting done. There were more peerage offers and good awards and then it was pack up and go time and Mel was no where to be found but I had household folks to help. I had to finally wrangle Benton away from where he spent all day playing with other kids on the opposite side of the site. He had ate and drank so that was okay but he was MIA all day. Meh. Anyhoo, got everything packed up and moved with help from Dom, Zoe and also Khalil who used to be a household member. I just asked him to put all of mel's armor in the bag and then Dom got the bag on a return trip. I was just about to call out a search party when mel arrived. He had gotten talking chinese sword with a gent who I had seen coming out with his family all in very nice chinese clothes including the kiddos (omg so cute) and he had talked jin for like 45 mins. So, mel got changed into a tshirt and into the van for me to drive around phx to Rudys BBQ before we headed to IKEA. We had dinner with Thorin and he's always a delight.

IKEA was pretty chill. Not very many folks were there and we had wonderful help from "Sir Mark" in the mattress area. We only picked up a few items not on our list (new collapsable laundry hamper to replace the one with the torn bottom, an octopus drying thingy for ivan's socks, a cupholder for my desk, cinnamon rolls cause reasons). We got the mattress for Benton (he got a plush one and loves it), we got a new mattress for our camp bed, A mattress pad for Benton and a new fitted sheet for him. Still was spendy but all good. We got back on the road by 730pm and home a bit after 9. We only unloaded the essentials, Benton showered and went to bed. I had a beer and then showered and we were all asleep by 11pm I think.


Yesterday was a light work day but a heavy car day. I picked up the civic after all the work they did. Got home and about an hour later Mel and I took the van and the civic to the tire place to get tires and wiper blades. We walked home to work and they called about 20 mins before mel had to leave for school pickup. We walked back (yay a whole mile walked) and I got back to work. Today Mel took the van to Jack Furriers to get the AC fixed, I will be calling them to do the alignment on the car tomorrow and then we should be done with car things for trips/war etc. We drive to El Paso for Outlands Coronation Friday so fixes were needed. The car I was going to do over break but I didn't drive it much and they had to order parts for the recall and the hatchback pistons. But its all good now. Just needs the alignment now that I have new tires, the strut fixed, new brakes, the fuel pump replaces (recall) and the hatchback working properly again.

So I'm trying to simplify things in 2025 and part of that is unsubscribing from email lists from various suppliers. danabren suggested it and damn does it feel nice to do it. I had so much email over the break its crazy so yeah hopefully that makes things easier for me.

I had planned on heading to scriptorium and putting the rest of the weekend away and I was toast by 530pm. We finally broke down and turned on the heat yesterday cause it was 27 when we work up and 57 in the house. I ran my space heater in my office for half the day. And by evening Mel was toast and it was video game time for the boys. Since the family room doesn't have heat we snuggled up with afghans and the boys played Borderlands3 and I had cocoa and sat with my ipad playing stardew in the reading chair that is now facing the couch. Thus the TV wasn't distracting but it was fun parallel play with the boys and we all enjoyed family game time. I also like the new chair position (its where the cat tree was and we moved that to the window in the front room and the cats love it there).

Today is calling on appts. I can't find my gym bag..oops...so I'm going to clear out the weekend SCA gear and put it away and go through the 4 bins of SCA detritus while watching TV. I need to make dinner and do laundry as well but this should be doable and all good.

On the book front I had started #1 the last few days of 2024 and its "The Gospel of Loki" which is odd and I like it thus far.

So, the data I was waiting for didn't get to me until 2pm on Wednesday. I worked until 730pm to get the slide deck up and going. I was the last one in the entire office area and that was creepy. I was so tired and stressed out. We had to cancel our Gate meeting and reschedule to our off Friday. So I did well on my presentation on Thursday. I had the answers and we only had a few actions. Which I working on.

Usually on a Thursday night we get Cane's if I'm just toast...Benton and I went and found out that portion of the city was without power after we got hit by a large monsoon. We had had heavy rain at work, hail on the east side and there were lots of trees down in the area of Cane's. We looked across the street to see that MOD was open and we got pizza. Which was the balm my brain and body needed.

Friday was getting kiddo to school, giving blood, and then sitting in on the prep for our gate meeting and then 2 hours of meeting before I could not be working. I took abit of a break and then moved on to lunch, and taking the cats to the vet. Surprisingly, Spicy is the middle weight cat, weighing an ounce more than Willow. Tasha is still the heavyweight but she and Willow lost a pound since January. Now, maybe that is that we've had them not sneaking kitten chow since Spicy is now on Adult food, it could be they spent a month running around a huge house and getting excercise? Dunno. They go back in for a weigh in in a month. Spicy gets to try steroids for her chewing off her tail tip fur. We haven't started that yet. I need to split the pills and check with her ability to take pills. That will be fun. Spicy got 3 shots, the floofs got 1 shot. Everybody was not happy with me when we got home. I relaxed a bit before I headed off to my massage which was lovely. I did meander around Spirit Halloween before hand and they have some fun Haunted Mansion merch...I may go back for a candle holder.

Got home from my massage and the boys were playing Borderlands. I was tired and I think I played on my phone or did some spinning? I don't remember. I went to lay down and read and was asleep well before Mel came to bed I think.

Saturday I woke up and was...off. I had woke up with a mild headache, I had lots of water and coffee and played animal crossing for a few hours before i just went back to bed. My head was not better and we had a huge monsoon move in and with the massage/blood loss I was down for a few hours. I managed to quell most of it with meds and a drink but oof. Food and a cold shower helped as well and I did not stay up late. I think the everything together was not my best plan. But will remember to not schedule blood and massage on the same day.

Sunday I made sure the get up earlier and get dressed so I was motivated to get moving. I had finished reading #26 and moved on to #27 which is a physical copy of Patricia Briggs Soul Taken. Love this series. Its been nice to get back into the world. After this I think I have a new author to read Christopher Moore and the Pine Cove #1. Anyhoo, I read and drank coffee and then got off my ass and worked on my studio with breaks to read and get water. The studio wasn't bad but it was bugging me and I had old project stuff that needed to be put away and I needed to get fabric out for new things for the mel for fighting, finding things I had lost and getting the top of my dresser/altar area cleaned up and presentable. it took me a few hours but it was worth it. Then I started in on laundry...though I didn't get the bodies buried (i.e. put away). I made dinner of my air fryer tofu with seasame noodles and peas. It was okay but overly salty due to me using the seasoning packet from TJs and the new ponzu style sauce I used to make the peanut sauce. Meh it was edible and fine.

After dinner I finally put my book down long enough to work on the second ahem and third granny square for Poe's tiny chicken. I guess I used a different hook on the first one and the second one came out too big. So I made another one. I had finished up watching League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and then started Black Widow and then mel and I sat and watched it through to the end even though it was 1130pm. We are dumb but I do love that movie. And it was nice to sit and chat and watch it.

So yeah...that was last week and the weekend.

So I managed to sew a lot over the weekend. Not finished where I wanted to be cause everything took effing forever and then I nerfed things and then I was being picky and then....yeah. I also managed to make Benton a coat (still needs neckline binding, hems and a button loop). Which is good honestly. So things I need to finish by Thursday night:
1) hem on apron
2) straps on apron
3) trim on apron
4) hem on underdress
5) Finish Benton's coat
6) find yarn for travel knitting (mitts for Sir Justin)
7) Gather things for gift basket
8) Pack for trip to SC

Benton is off school today and I'm making him take down the tree and I will help him put things away. I have to pack the house lights away which is rearranging things in the laundry which is okay. Its just things I haven't gotten to and then am too tired to do. But I'm back in the sewing groove though and the featherweight needs to get a service...its skipping stitches. I pulled out my kenmore and after I oiled it its still kind of rough So when I finish things for the war I will take them in for service.

So I sewed, I slept and I read this weekend. I finished Iron Widow which was excellent. Fast paced and epic with giant robots and Chinese/Korean mythology and feminism. Its a wild ride. And the clincher at the end is oooh boi. Plus a very cute poly trio.

Now I have to pick a book to read and have books for travel so I will need to see what is on my Kindle queue and if I have paperbacks to travel. I only have hardcovers on my TBR by the bed right now. Those suck on airplanes.

While I'm tired and my shoulder hurt from hunching at my sewing machine I feel good and accomplished. This is good.

Have I made it to the gym or to yoga? No...I'm okay with that...the month before war is always nuts. I'm giving myself some grace.

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Monday was boring work wise...though we had some suck show up at the end of the day. More meetings and analysis to follow. I do not like the options at all but we have to go with it when a supplier can't even quote us material until the end of next year. Its just grrr...I wish supply chain had gotten on this way sooner. Sighs. Managed to get through the day and then on to working on the scroll with a quick stop for eating dinner.

But its DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Woohoo! I'm very chuffed with the results. Like my idea is now manifest and as I designed. Woohoo! I'm well ahead of the deadline of Saturday and that feels good.

I did skip the gym to get the scroll done. I had been yawning all day and just wanted to stay home and get things done. Its good though I will go Wednesday. Tonight I will finish the trim attachments on the sleeves so then Wednesday I can get the sides on the dress and then it will be hemming and bias application. Yay!

Now its time to get the packing list and find out if we are going as a group in the van (ie Ari with us) since its a 2+ hour drive Saturday morning will be stoopid early. Stoopid early is better with friends.

So I have two mom appointments. I already had the care home set me a travel wheel chair aside for ease. They completely understand and encourage me to do that. She doesn't need to be so weak she has an accident in the home. They had one gal who was perfectly fine fall and break her femur. Its not pretty.

I'm down to 30 pages of the book I was so tired after getting everything accomplished that I just couldn't power through. But tonight I hope to finish it. Then new book!

Well, the weekend was productive and Monday was very productive. Tuesday just sucked.

Had to take mom to an MRI across town...so 45 min drive each way. It was pouring rain while driving. Mom was fiesty and didn't want to use a wheel chair and she had a lot of issues getting in an out of the car. We had lunch out and she ate well but slowly and she's lost a lot of her manners. Speaking with her mouth full, chewing with her mouth open. I don't know if its cause she's lived alone so long or what...its just odd. She was very weak when we got back to the care facility. So weak infact she couldn't make it up the ramp. I know she had not used the bathroom while we were out and my nose told me she had used her depends. I don't know if she's aware she did. Its sad. We had to sit on the outside bench for a while and then she had to have a caregiver help her inside. Sighs. It was hard...it was hard for me mentally to watch this slow degradation. I did not take it well.

I got home and took a 15min to just sit and not be....then I worked for a few hours but I was so tired and just strung out I took a nap. Mel was nice enough to bring Benton home since he wasn't hitting the practice due to the rain. I woke up when they got home. I was still tired and didn't feel great. But a nap was good thing.

Wednesday wasn't too bad for work...just slow. I left from home at 5pm while still on a call and then went to the yarn tasting for Circulo Yarns. The rep was from Brazil and she was very nice. The yarns we tried were wool free with cotton, acrylic, viscose, bamboo styles. I did not like their 100% acrylic as much as other brands. It was more sticky than I liked and not in a good way. I fell in love with their "bamboo" which is a mix and it was so soft and comes in a neat marled/striped style. I got a skein of the 8990. Not sure what I will do with it yet but there is a lot of yarn on the skein.

I got to chit chat with my friends who I haven't seen in years. Got caught up on the gossip. Had a nice simple meal and a good beer while trying out yarns. Its what I needed. I got home and needed to work on bias tape but I just snuggled up on the couch.

Today Benton left for Sky Camp for the day/night. Its up on Mount Lemmon and they get to hang out at the observatory. He gets back to school tomorrow at lunch. So yay. We get a kid night off and get to sleep and don't need to get things ready for him to be in the school. So I'm at work today since they are asking hybrid folks (especially leadership) to be in at least 2-3 times per week. But since my program area is not set up for us and my new office has a squatter we need to evict I'm sitting near where I had been. The desk is meh. Its nice to see folks though and we've hammered out a lot of things. I've missed the chit chat.

When I get home tonight I hope to get the bias tape made and then head out to get drinks with the hubby.

Still reading #35 which is Saints and Sinners by Jennifer Roberson. I like the characters and its an easy read. This is what I need after Nona. I think next will be Wil Wheaton's autobiography he re-released with commentary. Or I can get into the Laundry Files again. Not sure yet.

The scroll is making good progress. I hope to get good slog done over the weekend to get it just to final touchups next week. I need to finish my dress as well. Its currently hanging out on the dress form and I will be working on that too this weekend. Plus validating Benton has clothes that fit.

Well yesterday I got up and got my boobsmashed for the year and then kept up the momentum on things. I think my brain and body like that I was up earlier and had transition time from sleep to being awake and moving to taking kiddo to school etc. I had energy which was nice.

So I worked and even though I was tired it was accomplished tired not exhausted tired. I went to the gym (woot) and did a hard workout. So many reps...when most of it was 3x20 for lots of things..yikes so many reps.

I got home, ate dinner, loafed on the couch and since everyone was making new clothes for the weekend I went through my closet to pull things. I need to tweak the one peplos dress I have but I may save that for Sunday. I have a nice light linen long sleeve dress that will be fine with my rus apron so I look more laurely than shlubby. I really need to make new clothes...but I need to get that scroll done but I have a plan for a new dress or two for the Arts Champion.

I then made a long art related phone call while I folded and put away the laundry hydra from Sunday. Who is this person who is not living our of a clean laundry basket? This was a good balm on my art brain and it was a reminder I'm fucking behind but we can catch up.

I was sore from the work out so even though my brain was buzzing it was the good buzz not the anxiety buzz so I slept okay.

Got up this morning and was up and drinking coffee before anything else and that has helped. Got plans, got a to do list and things will be okay.

Mom's birthday is today and Amazon delivered her present (a cat squishmallow) and I will be picking up 2 dozen donuts for her and we have an appt today. So not a big celebration but a nice thing. Its probably her last birthday but I need to not think about that.

Also, the moon pic I mentioned yesterday:

As I stated Sunday sucked and now I'm having the emotional hangover and extra spicy brain weasels. My allergies are kicking my ass and the steroid shot the doc gave me hasn't seemed to make any difference. I'm trying to get back to the gym this week. Monday was cancelled cause Keith was at a concert. I took Willa and Erika with me to get mani-pedis and that was a good plan. I now have sparkly lilac nails and that is nice. Tuesday was just a lot of work and I was so tired. I'm just tired in general and whether that is from my allergies, my brain or something else I don't know. I know that Mel and I have been staying up too late but meh.

Tonight I will hit the gym and then hopefully get a walk in before I set to seam ripping kiddo tunics to expand the arms and sides. I hope I have some of the fabric still to help. I think I do for at least 2 of them so they will be first I fix. I think I need them for the weekend. I need to check.

I did manage to spend (and then some) my gift from danabren and Cyborg. I got the kit for this shawl Happy Hour Shawl using the following yarns: main yarn is Aphrodite with this mini skein set in Too Infinity which I think will be a nice bright shawl to make.

I'm reading Legends and Lattes...its been nice. I've finished the knitting and making up of the mitts I started for myself at moms. They are pretty and I like them. I will probably do this pattern again in a yarn I had from a trip in Arkansas.



So we are camping this weekend and we haven't planned any of it. Lol. I will worry about that tomorrow. its modern camping but I think our cots and modern tents are in the trailer. Oh gods. Oh well.

I have socks to cast on for Ivan and need to find the toe up version of the one I've been doing or be cray cray and do them two at a time? might be time for that much crazy. So we shall see.

Finally after 722 days our crown stepped down. We left Tucson with the boy after school let out and then drove to Prescott Valley for dinner at Brian's pub. It was good food and the pumpkin beer was the best I've ever had. They did a cinnamon and sugar rim on the glass...OMG. We stayed at the Holiday Inn per usual and they have updated their rooms since we were there last and that was nice. Got up and to site on Saturday on time and got the tent up between Mel and I and a hand from Tati and Mingo. Then it was like hurry up to do scroll things (drop off) and see people. Court was nice and it was there that I presented Wolgrim's scroll. Here is a picture of me lofting the 44.2 lbs of rune stone up while Wander read the scroll text.



It was very well received. I sent a picture to Wolgrim on the Discord and he was aghast. I let it sit at the A&S display with my 1 page of documentation, 1 page of bibliography pictures and the 1 page of transliteration.

I'm super proud of this project. Like super proud. This is my magnum opus right now.

Here is the full album of start to finish of the scroll (click the picture).



After that and chatting with folks at A&S I was kinda overwhelmed and sat in our shade and sewed trim on my tunic for the next day. It was relaxing and what I needed. Mel had fun fighting and didn't push and still made it into the top 12. Then it was a wait and chat and take things down before sunset court. It was nice, the weather was cool and the only real issue is that this is the off season so all of the local places close for food at 8pm and were booked by when we left site at 730. We made do with Sonic and headed back to the hotel for showers and an early bed. Benton was worn the eff out. He played hard all day long and when he woke up the next morning he was so sore. Poor kiddo. Growing is hard. The amount of people who couldn't believe how big he had gotten in the 19 months since they last saw him was funny. There were folks who hadn't seen him in longer since we had a lot of out of town guests from the outlands/artemesia. Got to see Nikki, Casca & Melissa, Cecilia, Bela, Gabe, Elanor Peregrine, Abby and Kaz, and Helga.

Sunday we slept in a bit and then got to site to hang out in teh shade. We did not set up the tent just set up under the trees which was just fine. Hung out with Olrun and Dominique while I tried to get my knitting project back on track (I failed), so I spun. We left site at 2pm after mel had his fill of fighting melee and then got stuck in traffic on the I17. It took us 3 hours to get down the mountain when it usually takes 1.5. Ugh. But we made it to Rudy's BBQ and had early dinner. Then it was a quick 1.5 hours home.

We were tired when we got home but unloaded all of the needed stuff and then it was an other early bedtime. All in all a good weekend. Now its time to pack for NOLA.