A Light Through the Darkness

So, as far as I know, the Pennsic Postmark is still available (per the site, it's still there!) Every year, Pennsic gets its own special cancellation - and it's a collector's item.

Which leads me to ask - who wants a postcard?

Leave me your address in the comments. I'll check my blog at Mystic Mail on Thursday and get all the addys and send them out.

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Why yes, I am handstitching with period seams a period dress and have just started it today. And I leave for Pennsic on Thursday.

Well, I'm in work. Bleah. My head is pounding, my nose is stuffed and I'm almost certain my cold is turning into a sinus infection. Lovely. If I continue to blow green stuff out, I'm calling my doctor tomorrow.

However, it looks like the rumors of a shift bid are true! I just got asked by my wonderful manager what shift I would like to start 1/2/08. Keep your fingers crossed - I've asked for 8:30 - 5. Here's hoping!

I know it's way early, but are any of my SCA friends going to Pennsic next year? I've got to put in vacation in another week, and we're definitely going. jackoutofthebox, are you guys going?

Nothing much for now. Hoping for a quiet night, so I can get some reading done.

I'm out of here at 9 pm!!!

I'm SOOOOO ready for vacation!!!

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Pennsic gets their own collectible postmark every year - tres cool!

Well, I washed linen last night - tonight, I'll be cutting and sewing everything. I'm doing hems/necklines/trim at work - after 8 pm, the calls DIE, so I have plenty of time.

I'm even accessorizing now. I have a pouch made that matches the dress I'm hemming right now. *dies of the girlyness of it all*

More later.

It's a bit big, but I can always tie the back up when I lose more weight. Blue and gold, and very nearly done. Just need to do the hem, and the neckline, and add trim. I've got black and silver trim to go on it.

Now all I need to do is make 8 more. LOL. And about 10 tunics for Argus.

How much time do we have again???

Now checking email, then writing.

Well, I'm now the proud owner of a QuickPad H45 - just picked up a used one on eBay for $17.00 (including postage). I'm still waiting to see on my NEC MobilePro, but this QuickPad looks pretty good too - 100 hours of battery life on 4 AAs, and it's pretty much like a little Alphasmart, from what I can tell. When I get it in, I'll let folks know what I think of it.

More later - gotta go make dinner so I can run down to Nashua and get my bracelet. After I get out of work, I'm picking up HP 7!!!!

And here is my prediction (no spoilers, as this is a spoiler-free zone and I haven't read any of the stuff online) for who bites it (since Jo Rowling has been saying for a year that she's killing off characters): Draco and Neville. I don't think she'll kill Harry, but she's been building Neville up. I think he dies and saves everyone.

Just my predicition. Next week, we'll see how close I was. :)

Well, today was my infusion day. The vampires had a new vampire with them - she decided to give my major vein a "rest" and try another vein.

See, it's my major vein because, well, I ONLY HAVE ONE ACCESSIBLE VEIN! My veins are very small, and very deep, and very tempermental. So after she gave me a lovely bruise on my arm (yup, blew the vein with the first flush!), she decided to admit defeat and let a more experienced vampire get the line in.

For those who don't know, I get an infusion every 8 weeks for my Crohn's disease. It's not as bad as it seems - I come in at 10 am, get hooked up to the IV, plug in Merlin and work for several hours (usually until 1-2 pm), then go to work. They feed me lunch (meatloaf with gravy, mashed potatoes and spinach - yum! And chocolate ice cream...) and I can get a lot of work done. It's a good thing.

I got about 100 pgs edited on Tony's novel, which is good, because I'd like to get that back to him before I leave for Pennsic. Unfortunately, I had a major sinus migraine yesterday (thank you, Donna!), so missed a day of work AND a day of writing. Bah.

Tonight, I'm going to go to Walmart and get the walls for the dining fly (once I head home and get my checkbook - did I mention I flew out the door this morning?) and anything else I can think that I might need.

Tomorrow is cleaning and editing and stitching together the last of Argus' tunics (two more to machine stitch, then handstitching to hem, do the collar and add trim) and packing my basket. Oh, and playing with the kittens, who are convinced that we're leaving and NEVER COMING BACK. Talk about making me feel guilty....