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stitchwhichIt's nearly 3am and we're supposed to be leaving for Pennsic War at 9 but I cannot sleep yet. Minor 'packing anxiety' is keeping me awake. Or so I shall maintain since I don't want to whine about the extreme muscle cramping in my legs. Why they are still doing that months after I stopped taking the cancer meds is beyond me.
I feel really good about getting back into sewing these last few weeks. The baby garb was fun to make, as were the two tunics and sleeping gown I created for myself. And I found myself doing what I once did more often - standing in front of my shelves of fabric, absently mulling over what could be made from this or that. It was fun. I got the sewing supplies packed away by mid-afternoon on Saturday, and a couple of hours later friends (two protogees, and a member of our old SCA household) showed up to help us load the truck. I spent the time between sewing and loading 'staging' everything... filling boxes with supplies, locating all the equipment, and then putting everything in the foyer so it could be easily carried to the truck. Wow, was I huffing and puffing! We have a mountain of stuff for SCA camping. Did we really used to camp with 30 pound backpacks for the same amount of time?
My new bed is going to be an adventure, I'm thinking. It is low to the ground since it was designed for a box-spring & mattress combination. I bought 'risers' for the legs. They are ugly brown plastic things but I'll be the only one seeing them and I'm sure I can train myself to avert my eyes. This pavilion we are taking up to sell is going to be so cramped. Which is amusing to me since it seems as though it should be larger in footprint than the one we are planning on buying. This is an oval 13x18' (234 square feet) while our new one is going to be 16x16 (256)... the curved sides really ruin the spaciousness of the interior. That extra 22 in our new one is making a much larger difference than you'd think. That one, we're going to divide in half and have the front 16x8 area be our kitchen and entertaining area. This one we have to divide into thirds with the kitchen and entertaining area in the middle 'corridor'. I'm not sure why my husband thinks that is the best way to do things but I am anticipating dissatisfaction once it is all set up. Luckily, it's only for this year, and on top of that there isn't anything keeping us from changing our curtain arrangements to create a half & half divided area once he gets tired of the 54 inches of corridor width. I've packed extra ecru sheeting to use as additional curtains if needed.
I'm really looking forward to a position-less War. Oh sure, I'll be busy in the staff areas with a few shifts and watches, but I don't have a job on staff beyond being the shadow of a deputy mayor so I can be her successor next year. I don't know much about her department since it is the A&S, Dance, University, and stage management one - the very places I haven't had a chance to visit in about a decade. It will be fun to see all the changes and to learn how much bigger it has all grown.
I'm not taking my computer with me this time. Ah, the freedom! I haven't left it at home in about eight years and it feels very odd to think that I won't have to worry about security for it or storing it in a dry and relatively-dehydrated place. But that also means I may miss out on some entries here. I noticed that LJ didn't let me read further back that approx. 2 weeks when I came home last year and started trying to catch up.
I feel really good about getting back into sewing these last few weeks. The baby garb was fun to make, as were the two tunics and sleeping gown I created for myself. And I found myself doing what I once did more often - standing in front of my shelves of fabric, absently mulling over what could be made from this or that. It was fun. I got the sewing supplies packed away by mid-afternoon on Saturday, and a couple of hours later friends (two protogees, and a member of our old SCA household) showed up to help us load the truck. I spent the time between sewing and loading 'staging' everything... filling boxes with supplies, locating all the equipment, and then putting everything in the foyer so it could be easily carried to the truck. Wow, was I huffing and puffing! We have a mountain of stuff for SCA camping. Did we really used to camp with 30 pound backpacks for the same amount of time?
My new bed is going to be an adventure, I'm thinking. It is low to the ground since it was designed for a box-spring & mattress combination. I bought 'risers' for the legs. They are ugly brown plastic things but I'll be the only one seeing them and I'm sure I can train myself to avert my eyes. This pavilion we are taking up to sell is going to be so cramped. Which is amusing to me since it seems as though it should be larger in footprint than the one we are planning on buying. This is an oval 13x18' (234 square feet) while our new one is going to be 16x16 (256)... the curved sides really ruin the spaciousness of the interior. That extra 22 in our new one is making a much larger difference than you'd think. That one, we're going to divide in half and have the front 16x8 area be our kitchen and entertaining area. This one we have to divide into thirds with the kitchen and entertaining area in the middle 'corridor'. I'm not sure why my husband thinks that is the best way to do things but I am anticipating dissatisfaction once it is all set up. Luckily, it's only for this year, and on top of that there isn't anything keeping us from changing our curtain arrangements to create a half & half divided area once he gets tired of the 54 inches of corridor width. I've packed extra ecru sheeting to use as additional curtains if needed.
I'm really looking forward to a position-less War. Oh sure, I'll be busy in the staff areas with a few shifts and watches, but I don't have a job on staff beyond being the shadow of a deputy mayor so I can be her successor next year. I don't know much about her department since it is the A&S, Dance, University, and stage management one - the very places I haven't had a chance to visit in about a decade. It will be fun to see all the changes and to learn how much bigger it has all grown.
I'm not taking my computer with me this time. Ah, the freedom! I haven't left it at home in about eight years and it feels very odd to think that I won't have to worry about security for it or storing it in a dry and relatively-dehydrated place. But that also means I may miss out on some entries here. I noticed that LJ didn't let me read further back that approx. 2 weeks when I came home last year and started trying to catch up.
