damont

Inspired by

suba_al_hadid, I too have decided that late is better than never, so I'll start this recap all the way back at Southern Region War Camp, two weekends ago.

Well, I didn't get to see

h3salthea (somehow our paths never did cross), nor

edelweiss68, nor

maccuswell (nor Sonja), nor

blaecstan. Nor did I see RoKhan, but

amykb informed me that Ro was in Florida; so I'm sorry

liadan_m but carrying out your commission will have to wait until I actually *see* Ro...

I *did* get to see

loosecanon a couple of times and introduced her to

montuos (and vice versa). Also met

baagvai and talked heraldry with him for a bit. We were camped effectively two tents away from

siobhan1214 and

merricke

(begin at the beginning...) We drove through a *serious* cow-p%$#@r of a storm for about 50 miles on I-78 heading to SRWC Friday night. It wasn't raining when we got to Troll, where we got to say hello to

math5 as we waited in line. We also said hi to

kyleri after checking in, and to

fosveny a bit after that. We were unlucky in that the rain started up again as we were trying to unload stuff into the tent; this would have repercussions later, as some stuff didn't get unloaded at all, and what we *did* unload didn't really get organized. But the rain let up once we were done unloading, and we headed for the pool for a midnight swim.

Saturday morning I spent trying to impart some calm to various members of the event staff. Went on a supply run at noontide (among other things the toilets needed TP, even the flushies). Overheated a bit in the afternoon and jumped in the pool. I didn't miss all of court, but I did miss a lot of it, including waiting out a half hour downpour under

suba_al_hadid's dayshade.

Sunday was clearer and cooler, a blessed mercy. I spent much of the day wandering, talking with friends and doing little things as needed. Got some sweet tea to

amykb. While we were packing up camp

mrgrumpybear came by with

magpiemss and introduced her to us. Later on we dog-sat

amykb's dog while

fosveny and

kyleri took her to get some food; this included yet another trip to the pool. Once they got back, we headed out; a stop at the City View Diner for dinner, and then the drive home.

Extra special thanks to

fosveny,

kyleri, and

amykb, as well as the rest of the staff for SRWC.

A big hello to

bunnyjadwiga,

maziemaus,

juergen,

alphaggek (and Shannon and Cat),

herveus (and Megan),

nazrynn,

baronadhemar,

ladypeyton, and

melvh. I left the birch beer in the van, so my embarrassed apologies to

siobhan1214 (along with

suba_al_hadid and

math5) -- we'll just have to try again at some point.

This past weekend,

montuos and I traveled up to Casa Gallowglass in Aston PA, to deliver carpets unto

alphaggek (for use at Pennsic) and to help Cat unload the bus. A half dozen people unloaded stuff and hauled it up the hill into the house (or just stuck it in the garage).

suba_al_hadid came by for a while too, though she missed the schlepping. It was hot and humid, though we did get a breeze at times -- and I've gotten a reminder of what Pennsic *could* be like, though I hope it'll be not quite so hot, and *definitely* hoping for less humid.

Yesterday, for a change of pace we had a visit *from* PA -- my sister

wednesday1971 and her husband John (whose birthday it was) were in the area, so we had dinner with them. Might get to see them again this evening... but for now it's back to Pre-Pennsic Panic.