Snippets

The events from our trip to England will be presented in no particular order, and with many parenthetical notes.

( What I Did On My Summer Vacation )

Since we got home, I have been knitting like crazy. Two of my friends have had/are having babies this summer, and I'm knitting blankets. I finished a "clown puke" one for my friend/maid of honor Heidi just in time to send it with her mom so she could have it at the birth, and I'm about halfway done with a pretty lavender one for a friend who's giving birth mid-to-late August. I've also been knitting kittens. Having kittens, even unsewn and unstuffed, on hand is a good thing. I went to a birthday party for a three-year-old yesterday, and a kitten made a good emergency present. I'm thinking, however, that I need to work with the pattern a bit and maybe make some other kind of animal, too.

I have sewing to do. Fabric is purchased, but garb must be made. I found out that Baronial Scribes stand behind the thrones during Baronial Court, and that means I need some less casual garb. This is not a problem; it's just a great excuse for sewing. Being behind the thrones makes me a bit nervous, though. I've only done it once before, and that was at Egil's. However, I have been reassured that I behaved properly and didn't do anything horribly embarrassing. It was fun, though--it's neat to see the looks on people's faces when they get awards.

I have been good this trip--I'm in Washington at the moment. I painted charters this morning and knitted a bit this afternoon. I have also been working on Cassandra's Codex. I really do need to get that into a form that I can post. Tomorrow, I'm going for a walk around town.

I still have a lot to get done in the way of graduate school application. Must get on that as soon as we get home.

Time to go and be semi-social. The guys (Alex, Jason, and Jason's friend Aaron) went bike riding today, and they're semi-conscious. Hee.

I should also be updating more regularly from here on out.