So the weekend before last I hit the wonderful Crossroads of Jerusalem event hosted by the Shire of Owl's Nest. It was the first event I managed to get to since Lusty Month of May last year, and I had a marvelous time. I met many interesting people, reconnected with a few I knew from back when including the delightful young lady from LMoM, helped cook breakfast and the Royal lunch, watched the rapier fighting (which I'll...finally...be able to participate in soon), learned about beer (hooray for BEER!), went to Royal Court, enjoyed an excellent feast in good company, and stayed up too late drinking interesting things and even dancing. It's amazing what a pretty lady can talk me into... Crossroads was pretty much everything I love about the SCA in one excellently put together package, and my enthusiasm toward getting involved again is higher than ever.
This Spring is shaping up to be really great for events...I missed Fool's War last weekend because of a tragic lack of camping gear, but Dreamstone is coming up later this month, and Black Axe is the weekend after that, and LMoM and All Things Middle Eastern next month, and Myths of the Forge in June. If I have the vardo finished and manage to get some truck maintenance done by the end of June I may even try to hit Border Raids.
Most of my basic rapier gear will finally be rescued from the depths of the closet this week. I'll still need to order a hood (from Zen Warrior Armory) and some proper boots (from Museum Replicas, most likely) next week but I'm almost good to go. Needless to say, I'm VERY happy about this!
And, on the best note of all, the vardo project has officially kicked off. I have a bay in the large garage at the Family Compound cleared out for use during construction, and fabrication of parts begins this weekend.
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