Anything is Possible

Apparently so. I'm still in a mild state of shock, but it's finally sinking in. Maybe I should explain, though I'm fairly certain most of you already know about this.

Yesterday was a SCA event, the Baronial 12th Night Celebration to be exact. It was a fun day all around. I got to see my awesome friends who I haven't seen in awhile and had a ton of fun watching the Majesties' son, Travis. I was completely  EXHAUSTED by the time evening court rolled around, considering the wee lad wouldn't eat ANYTHING except grapes and candy canes no matter how hard I tried to convince him that chicken in fact does taste good. He was a little ball of energy all day and was permanently attached to my hip. Which was fine, until court time rolled around and I had to give him back. He didn't like that too awful much.

Northern Cross

In the afternoon my friends and I petitioned to join the household of Northern Cross. They are an awesome group and are truly like a giant family. Sadly, my sponsor wasn't able to be at the event, but I'm sure that I'll see him at some point soon. We are... I'm not quite sure what our official title is, but we have a year until we are full members. At least that's what I think is going on. Regardless, I'm very happy that they accepted us into the family. And I can't wait to fight with them at Pennsic, which is going to be TOTALLY different this year. More on that in a moment. We were told to tell a little bit about ourselves and I went first. Slightly terrifying, since I had NO idea what to say other then "Hi, my name is Sorcha." That didn't last long, since the members started joking and saying suggestions. Some were real, such as what I could bring into the group and others were silly, like what bribes I could bring. I chose to answer the later and said I could cook, to which I heard someone say "We're keeping her for War!" Everyone laughed and it was easier to answer. I was given a belt token-thingy (not quite sure what it's REALLY called) and welcomed into the household. Ragna went next and it was then that our illumination works were remembered and shown to the household. They were stunned (while Ragna and I turned about five shades of red) and through the process the three of us (being myself, Ragna, and Luca) were welcomed in.

Order of the Keystone

Anyway, between that moment and court, I found myself occupying the little one and getting my exercise for the day. When the call came for court, I had to hand him over, which (like I said) didn't go over well. But regardless I made it up to the main room and into a chair. Court was entertaining, since their Majesties love to do silly things for court. The court theme was tennis apparently, since the Queen and the Baroness had ping-pong paddles and were hitting pieces of candy to each other. And the Heralds were passing the court sessions back and forth with the candy pieces. It was pretty entertaining. Their Majesties were giving out awards and at one point, they called me up. As I'm walking up I'm thinking "what on Earth could I have done?" The Queen is grinning like the Cheshire Cat and so is the King. They start talking about everything they have heard about me and had witnessed themselves. The Queen specifically mentioned that i watch their boy, and I turned about as red as the cushion I was kneeling on. Then they turned it over to the Herald and one of the Ladies read off my scroll. I kept glancing at the Queen, who kept smiling at me and giving me thumbs up. I had no clue what was going on. Then the Lady read that I was being inducted into the Order of the Keystone and I felt my eyes grow huge and an even bigger grin form on my face. A Keystone!

I was in a state of shock as the Queen gave me my medallion and she told the populace that she forgot to mention that I was helping Luca teach her how to fence. Then they handed me my scroll and had the Order stand. Holy moley were there a lot of them!!! I honestly don't think I came out of the shocked state until dinner, or shortly there after. I was never expecting a Keystone, ever. Seriously.

After court was finished, I went with Ragna and Duo to Pizza Hut for some warm food. As wonderful as the potluck food was, we REALLY didn't feel like eating it again for dinner. And then we went home and I proceeded to pass the heck out. Running after a little kid all day was a little bit more exhausting then it originally felt like. Ha ha.

That's all I have to report for now. Next event that I plan on being at will be Ice Dragon, unless by some wild chance I decide to go to White Hart. For now though, I must go and SLEEP. Being sick sucks, just for the record. Tootles!!!

Happy New Year and all that Jazz

Well, it's certainly been a while since I've posted. Life has been crazy and slightly dull on occasion, so there really hasn't been much to report. I managed to survive finals week, a feat unto itself, and made it home for the holidays. Most of break so far has been spent working at Macy's (which is TONS of fun... not) or at home doing... home stuff. Which means farm work, for readers who don't already know.

The real fun of break happened when my friend and I took the CRV, packed up and road tripped it out to Philadelphia to see my boyfriend for New Years. =) Considering I haven't seen him since... fall, it was wonderful to see him again. It rained the ENTIRE drive up, which made things interesting on occasion, but we managed to find his house after a wonderful 5 hour drive. Our welcome included a bone crushing hug and the usual silliness. =]

We visited for a week, but it went by so fast it hardly seemed like it. We acted like tourists most of the time; visiting historic Phili and Valley Forge were two of many highlights of the trip. Being a history major, it was awesome to see two places that were hugely important to the Revolution. Seeing them with my boyfriend made them even better. There was also the Reading Terminal Market, which APPARENTLY is pronounced "Red-ing" and not "Reading." >.<

I got to meet my bf's family, mostly his dad's side. It was nerve-racking at first, but they were really nice and (eventually) I remembered to breathe and all was well. Still can't remember everyone's names, but I figure I have a little bit of time to figure it out. =p Also got to meet his grandmoms, both of whom were awesome to talk with. We spent some time with his dad and half-sister (who was adorable), which was fun. We spent a good bit with them at the Railroad museum and at Longwood gardens.

Random note: If you are ever in the Phili area near Christmas, TOTALLY go see Longwood Gardens. SO BEAUTIFUL. Seriously. As if the conservatory with all the flowers wasn't gorgeous enough, all the lights on the trees topped it off!

New Years was a ton of fun as well. More of our friends joined us and we had a blast. Had a few drinks (some had more then others; you know who you are) and watched the ball drop. Then we spent our 1st at the King of Prussia mall, which was mind boggling. Seriously felt like the Country Mouse visiting City Mouse in that place. And would have totally gotten lost in there if I had been alone. All in all, was tons of fun.

The ride home, not so much. Lets just say my hatred for snow has increased 50 million times over and I'm moving South at some point for the winter. Oh, and I'm TOTALLY taking the train next time =p

[Insert Taz sounding Rant here]

So, if you couldn't guess from the title, I'm about ready to strangle people and have resorted to jumping up and down making Tasmanian Devil rants. What can I say? I grew up watching Looney Tunes. :)

I'll spare my readers the boredom of reading about why the people who have pissed me of have pissed me off, but suffice it to say this: PEOPLE NEED TO LEARN TO READ THEIR JOB DESCRIPTIONS!!!! Yes, someone has taken over my job, while making it look like they aren't. If this has ever happened to you, then you know that it is HIGHLY annoying and makes you want to blast the person apart with a blunderbust. Or something equally explosive.

To top it off, no one has bothered to speak up (except myself of course) to point out that the person is wrong, furthering my evidence that humanity is becoming mindless lemmings who desperately need to walk off their cliff and soon. This is annoying because other then two people that I personally know, I have no allies in this. Three people, sadly, are not the Spartan Army.

In other news, I actually got a semi-decent job now. At Macy's. Should prove to be fun. At least I'll be working with semi-intelligent adults now, instead of the high school gossip-girl crew from my previous job. My mother and I, well more so my mother, have started looking for a place for me to live and have found a possible house. Ironically, it's a house that I've admired for some time now but never knew was for sale. Funny what you can find on the internet, isn't it? Granted, it IS a mere ten minute walk through the woods, across a crick and up a hill to my mother's house. Still, for a first place, I'll take it.... provided I can save up the money..... lots of money...

ANYWAY, I need to get back to plotting Christmas presents for everyone. So till next time, Tootles!

Little Things That Make Me Smile

Considering that I haven't blogged in a while, I figured I would actually sit down and type something since I have a few spare minutes.

Two weeks ago (gosh it's been that long?) my boyfriend came out to visit for the weekend. It was a wonderful weekend, even if we did have to go feed the animals ;-) Since he came in during the week, he was able to join us at fencing practice and it was just like old times. Managed to get a few fights in against him, though (sadly) he won... most of the time. As usual. :-P

 We only had a few days together, and boy did they fly by. There never seems to be quite enough time, but we make it work. Surprise visits like yesterday make the long distance all worth while. Considering his job interview was on this half of the state, we managed to have a few hours together before he once again had to go back to the Kingdom of the East. Hopefully next week the company will tell him he can come home to AEthelmearc :-p which would be awesome for SO many reasons; some selfish and most practical.

There is so much more to talk about, but sadly I have reached the end of my free time for the day. Now it's off to work and band, then back to the job hunt and homework...not sure which one is more tedious. Till next time: Tootles!

So as I'm sitting here trying to concentrate on work (that REALLY needs done), I find myself unable to focus. Solution: BLOGGING!... and Sims, but that's a bonus. Reason for being unable to focus: well, there are multiple. The main one would be that someone very dear to me is visiting in less then 24 hours (no, I don't have an exact countdown going yet). This day seriously can't go fast enough. The other reason is a little harder to explain, so therefore I'm not going to, mainly because I feel like I have ADD at the-oh look a butterfly!

As for what I SHOULD be doing: there are many things. Those blasted papers haven't written themselves yet, so I need to finish that project soon. Also, I should be working on something for my sponsor in Northern Cross, though that has gotten bumped down on the list due to the papers. And then there's that music comp test I should be studying for. :P That one will actually be finished soon, since that is what I was doing prior to starting this blog.

In other news....well, surprisingly there hasn't been much other news to report, ergo no new blogs up till this point. Football team lost last weekend due to shitty playing and bad calls (or rather, lack of calls) from the refs. Seriously, wtf? But I won't bore you with that, considering at least three of you have already listened to that rant and/or were at the game with me when it happened.

Well, honestly I can feel my focus slipping (again) and feel like I should go do something productive...or rather try to. So till next time- tootles y'all!

Adventures of a Band Kid Part 1

This weekend was very busy. Saturday I had a football game to play at (well, halftime anyway), which was fun. My family also came to visit, along with some family friends. Not sure what was better: getting to see my folks, or eating the cheeseburger they brought with them from home. We won the game by a long shot, 40-13, and the band had a blast in the stands. Nothing beats being able to scream, rant, rave, and still have a ton of fun. Ok, that was a poor way to phrase that, but oh well. I managed to talk two of my friends into coming to the game and also managed to get them to admit that they had fun. That was a small prize unto itself. At any rate, that was my Saturday.

Sunday was a LONG day which started at the "glorious" hour of 4:30 in the morning. Not exactly my favorite time of day, but when the Director says wake up, you wake up... or at least wake up enough to get onto the bus and then fall back asleep. Which is precisely what I did. And proceeded to sleep until around lunch time in a cramped bus seat. Not exactly the most relaxing or fun thing to do, but it works. The entire reason for getting on said bus was because there was a marching band festival this weekend in Allentown PA. Our band performed and did awesome, as usual. But there was an added bonus this year. A very good friend of mine came to watch us perform. He also happened to ask me a particular question that I had been hoping he would ask. :)

Needless to say, it was a very awesome weekend, even if I was exhausted by the time we got back last night. Now it's back to school and papers. Research is coming along...well, not GREAT, but it's getting there. I'm so close to being able to type one of the papers it's driving me insane. I just want to type it and get it over with. Sadly, it doesn't work like that. Oh well, back to the books...or daydreams =p

Time Marches On

Title says it all (and it's also a really good country song that I may or may not be listening to). Time marches on, it's true, but dammit, it needs to hurry the F up!!!! Sunday is Allentown, aka a really big band festival. Everyone from U. Mass to IUP (boo) will be there and should be a ton of fun, especially cause I get to see someone that I miss a lot. I think I've mentioned that before, but oh well. I'm impatient. I've recently discovered that, while my long term patience is (normally) astounding, my short term patience is sadly lacking. Allentown is a blip on my long term patience radar, since I'm normally excited for it anyway. That and after Allentown band practices get shorter and shorter and we start canceling them more and more....

I'm not lazy or fed up or anything...no not at all...

In other news....well, there's really no other news. I'm really only typing this because I'm bored and on lunch break. I'm officially petitioning to join the noble household of the Northern Cross in...January I believe is the date. The head of the Queen's Guard has offered to be my sponsor, which surprised me to be honest. I didn't know that Rodrigo even knew who I was apart from knowing I wanted to petition. Two of my friends and fellow Silva Vulcani members are also petitioning, so I know that Northern Cross is bouncing off the walls that three "young ones" are seriously interested. I know that when the Countess Elena was bouncing of the walls when she found out the Luca and I wanted to join as well as Ragna. Apparently, she had said that she wanted more fencers to join and VOILA!

And now it's time to go to class and I'm finding that I don't want to move.... damn senioritis... I really don't want to go listen to my professor harp about the Native Americans for another class... Not that I have anything against them; it just gets annoying when after four weeks of school you're STILL on the Spanish explorers and the stuff they did. I want to learn about Revolutions!!! Get to the good stuff!!!! Mesa Verde is great, wonderful and interesting, yes, but I want WAR!!! =p

On that note: Tootles!