Arontius of Bygelswade

.....I had thought about going back to September Crown today to watch the Tournament, but TBT still wasn't feeling 100% this morning and we did end up sleeping in some today. By the time we did our usual Starbucks run it was running almost 11AM and I gave up all pretense of thinking of going back to Chehalis. Although part of me is now wishing I had gone. It sounded like an epic finals, between Duke Thorin and Sir Skeggi. With Sir Skeggi as the victor.

.....I was just starting out my term as Kingdom Chroniclet when Sir Skeggi last wore the Crown. I learned a LOT during that reign. :-)

.....Yesterday was actually a good day. After coming to the conclusion that TBT was not going to come with me I made it on the road before 8AM. I think I bought out everything Albertsons had to offer in the way of pita bread, which was the donation of TBT and myself for the Crown feasting tables.

.....It was a two hour drive to site, but it was fun to rock out to music and a noise level the was probably higher than is recommended for keeping ones hearing intact. :-) The drive went by fast and the site was relatively easy to find.

.....Glymm Mere has a nice site in this farm, I hope they use it for other events in the future. Although it was a little disheartening to realize that this site was noted to be many dozens of feet under water during the last big flood of the area several years ago. :-)

.....Once on site I found the R.V. encampment right away and parked the Subaru in the space I had saved for Lobelia. After getting dressed I started schlepping stuff to their various locations. The shoes and dog kennel went to the Baronial Encampment. The ton of pita bread went to Her Excellency's pavilion.

.....I meant to go to the Chronicler's Meeting, but I ended up talking to various people I haven't seen in a while. I was actually glad I had that opportunity as it was good to catch up with people.

.....The Seneschal's meeting was interesting. It was scheduled online and by Master James for Saturday, but for some reason the site copy had it scheduled for Sunday. It was only a small gathering, but good conversation was had. I thought it was interesting that Master Ljotr and Viscountess Nedezdha both wanted their old jobs back. :-)

.....I wandered through Merchant's Row after that and stuck my head into the Apprentice Tea. I ended up looking at Madrun's stellar cardweaving for a bit. Her silk weaving is absolutely brilliant. I was going to chat a bit longer, but the organizers wanted to slap a name tag on me and have me REALLY stay a while, but I wasn't really interested. :-)

.....I took a small nap while waiting for the Pelican Meeting. then had an interesting conversation with Jahnkin and Adelheid on Sargeantry. It helped straighted a few ideas out in my mind. No matter who is selected to wear the next Coronets, it will be interesting to see where we end up taking Sargeantry.

.....The Pelican meeting went a lot better than I expected, albeit an hour and fifteen minutes long. :-) We may need to learn something from the Laurel's. They were in-and-out in less than a half hour. ;-)

.....After a quick dinner hour it was time for the Royal Contenders gathering on the Erics. In reality it was a lot different than what I envisioned. But I quite enjoyed the results. The Irish Rovers and the Culinary Guild (with Rycheza and Matt in charge) had a fantastic offering. As did a large number of other groups.

.....The actual introduction of the 'Contenders' was lengthy, lasting well into the night. But I think the idea ended up being a good one for pageantry and maybe saving some time in the processional the next day.

.....They were not even two-thirds done before I started getting really tired and it was starting to get dark. I wanted to get off-site before full dark hit as I wasn't sure of the road. So I high tailed it out of there, right after Gwenllyn and Talia.

.....The drive home was actually not bad, and I was never in danger of falling asleep after getting pulled over three times by the police for a burned out head-lamp. :-) But I made it home by 10PM and crawled into bed.

.....Today was much slower, but I did get a few things done. I finished up a circlet order, which was exciting in its own right as the orders have been on the slow side this year. Then TBT and I went out for lunch and a little shopping, including the purchase of new headlights for both of our cars. :-) Which were changed out fairly rapidly upon return to home.

.....We finished the day with dinner at Gwen's where TBT is working on the still that Gwen made me. TBT is glazing it in Fleur-De-Lys' and arabesque patterning in glazing colors. It's going to look quite cool.

.....'Clash Of The Titans' was on the viewing agenda. It wasn't GOOD, but it wasn't horrible either. :-)

.....On tomorrow's agenda are the chores that need to be done before the work week starts, and Mom will want to get some shopping done. I should check the iPod as I think there are other things I wanted to get done as well.

.....YAWN, Aaron / Arontius. :-)