Life, in genral
So here are some updates:
well, I've been fencing two or three times a week now. I got authorized for Epee and I need to get my shloger auth. soon. I'm going to Estrella War...WWWAAAARRRR! in February and am really looking forward to fighting with the pyrates and al baran. I'm not great or anything yet, but I'm doing ok I think. Really enjoying it. Fixing to really buckle down to it and get good. That's what I really want with it. I went to midwinter in Al Baran. It was kinda dull, but had some fun parts. Court was great and I loved the hall. Had fun court dancing and seeing friends. Went to Jax's house afterwards (one of our previous kings) for an after revel and really enjoyed it. Hung out with Nikkie, and Steph, and a little bit with the tynkers although not too much. Got to hang out with her majest a little bit too. Talk about a fun person! I love the SCA, have I mentioned that lately? Love the lovely Outlands. No better place ever. Sorry everyone else. But the Outlands are the best. Always will be. Elijah got knighted at Coronation in November, so that was cool. Best knighting ceremony ever. He walked in on his hands after being hearlded by the whole Tynker Clan and his majesty seemed to have a hard time not laughing! It was the best Feast in history. Oh MG, Heaven. I think that's the only word for that feast. Heaven. Yup, that sums it up. Got to try court dancing for the first time and totally fell in love with it. I made myself a really nice maroonish dress for court and I think it went over well. Simple fabric, but I loved the cut. Really loved it. Other than that, the same old stuff is goin on.
Christmas was fun! On the 19th we had a dinner party at our house and I loved it! Nick, Taylor, Salemon, Sybil :), cam, Nikkie, Elijah, Steph, Santiago, Sarah, Pierre, Becca, Brandon, Mary, Steve, Rob, Will, Sam, and a few others came. I really enjoyed being able to spend my "christmas" with friends I hope to be with for a long time. As in forever, lol. I handmade a lot of my gifts to people. Comforters, blankets, garb, pillows,...i hope everyone liked them. I really hope so. We had told everyone no gifts but they brought some anyway. I made out like a bandit! My favorite gift? The dress sword that Sam gave me. I slept with that sword the first week. Love it. Makes me so happy everytime I see it. I also got a great new fencing tunic! Thank you Santiago! and some great jewlery and fun stuff. Thanks to everyone. You didn't need to do all that! But I won't say it didn't make me feel great! I made my first turkey and it turned out great I think. Not perfect, but darn good. Yams, green bean casserole( which I did not make) and some other stuff. Sarah made these great butter cookies too....oh those were good. Christmas Eve I went to Canyon road with Celina and Nikkie and Travis and his sister Maria. Walked the luminaria walk for three and a half hours singing carols and going from fire to fire. It was sooo much fun! I had a blast. Spent a good part of the earlier day thinking about Raven. The Tynkers dad. He died a year ago on Christmas Eve (Ironically his wifes birthday too...). I thought a lot about death because I was missing Dean too, but mostly I though about how much Raven affected his kids. Both in life and death. And thinking of how my mom affects me in life and how not too long from now it'll be death too. I look at that family and think "I hope that I'm that strong when mom goes." I know that she helped to shape me and will never truly be gone, just like Raven, but I can't help thinking that I'm gonna be lost without her. And as much as I want to turn to my friends for support, I don't want to drag them into the drama.
Well, my life has definatly gotten better over the last five months. I love not being with Luke and he and Ally are really happy. So that all worked out awesomely! I do have an interest. He is the most incredible man I've ever met. He's smart as all get out, funnier than anyone I know, kind, generous, good natured, fun to no end, we can talk for hours without feeling akward or dull, he has a great family whom I love, he's a supportive friend, he knows me for me and likes me for me (yea!) , he's into the SCA and the belly dance scene. He drums (yup, that's right he drums ladies) is a Great dresser and what a kisser! Damn. Chemistry from here to New Deli. :) We went on a couple dates about a two months ago, things started to quick, so he said not now. I'm just kinda waiting to see what happens now. I just can't get him out of my mind. Everyone pales next to him. I have my friends and there are attractive guys who have offered a date here and there, but I don't feel inclined. It's gonan take so much for someone to come close to getting my attention now. After a taste of how incredible it can feel....men it's gonna be more challenging than a salmon swimming upstream to spawn while a whole pack of bears is swiping at you and the water levels are low. So good luck. I'm single, but not available. At least in my heart. I've been toying with the idea of going on a couple dates just for fun, but I almost don't want to because I know I won't want them to go anywhere. SO I guess it's really just going out with friends. so that's fine.
I got back in touch with one of my greatest friends. I cut contact with Micah five years ago, because Luke had issues with him. I seriously regret that now, let me tell you! But on Christmas day we reunited over the phone and we've spent something like 13 hours on the phone since then. 6 hours yesterday, 5 two days before that, and 3 or four the day before. It's amazing! I'm going to Oklahoma next week to visit him and his mom for four days. He doesn't know. It's a surprise! I love surprising people. But I am so excited to see him again. It's amazing how our friendship hasn't lost a single bit of it's old strength.. We can talk about anything, everything, and not get bored at all. He's my "carbon copy" as we used to say back in the day.
Mom is not well. She has about six months. There is literaly nothing left for them to do for her. It's a scary realization, but I guess when it's time, it is. She's done so much here, I can't blame God for wanting her home. I just hope that we can make it pleasant for her for the rest of her time here. I hope that she gets to talk to everyone she wants to and gets to have a wonderful time with friends. We'll see how it goes.
I'm Nannying again full time and I just ended employment with Olive Garden. :( I'm going to try to go back to Las Campanas part time though. Wish me luck!
Well, that's it for now.