Thanks Frank N Furter, and other stuff

[siglinde99]

Yesterday, swimming was all about butterfly. I got my second kick lined up with my push, stopped putting extra bits into my keyhole, and really had the pelvic thrust working. Between that and serving at feast, I have definitely fought off old lady arms for a few more days.

Feast was a ton of fun, though I wish I could have had many more hours to visit friends old and new. I managed to stay incredibly busy, between Fian, serving, Kaboone, and court stuff. I may be the worst head table server in the history of the SCA. Also, it would be nice to remember the names of people I am toasting or calling into court. One more brain fart and my head would have exploded!

It was great to see Glenda again after 30 years. I wish I could have had more time with Anne, Susanna, and a few others I rarely get to see these days. I did have fun geeking out on Fian stuff with one woman whose name I didn't catch. Hopefully, she will decide this is fun and contact us with a proposal. I also had a good chat with Dubhease; it has reinforced my desire to get back to doing some bardic stuff. I have a story I have been dying to tell ever since I rediscovered it, and always forget to rehearse so that it will be ready to deliver at an event. By the end of the day, I felt too broken to go to Mordain and Aelflaeda's for the post rev, something I really regret.

Today at riding, we were working at making our horses more elastic (going faster and slower, not more bendy - that's a different exercise). Part of it involved cantering and I had a breakthrough thanks to all the butterfly yesterday. To keep my legs on and sit up and make Mercedes go, I need to use a pelvic thrust here too. The rest of my class was spent humming "take a jump to the left...". I believe it was my best cantering ever. 

Comments

[dubhease.livejournal.com]

You should do more bardic. Everyone should. Especially stories. The choir is wonderful, but I have been trying for years to expand our collective definition of bardic arts beyond singing period songs.

We should have a canton bardic circle at some point!

And bonus points for working RHPS into your Hare recap. (Now I'm scheming of some bardic cross-over.) :)

[suelet.livejournal.com]

*hug*

[emortimer.livejournal.com]

who is glenda?

[siglinde99.livejournal.com]

Glenda is a girl I went to high school with in Germany. She now lives in London and is getting interested in the SCA. We reconnected on Facebook through high school connections, and it turns out one of her very best friends, who went to the same high school, is active in my canton and owns horses. She came up to visit her friend, timing it to be at Hare. Once again, Ottawa is a small town.