Spring

This week I left my winter jacket at home and instead just wearing a sweater for warmth.  When I left work today I went to my locker out of habit and needed nothing from in there to bring home.  I had my sweater on and my water bottle and was ready to go.  It has been quite a while since I carried a purse regularly.  It is a wonderful thing to not have to worry about or have the weight on my shoulder. 

My friend and I went for a lovely walk today.  The weather warm and the wind mild.  Getting out and going for a walk is my happy for today.  That and that we may be sharing some gardening with my friend--so fresh vegetables in the fall are a possibility. 

Flower dissection at school today. 

Raised gardens... 

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Food

There is seldom such a thing as too much garlic.  Tonight I reached that point.  Some friends and I were to go out to dinner tonight.  It was supposed to be three of us, but one canceled and then there were two.  There were few tables available and we picked one that was in a corner away from traffic.  Raising our voices over other patrons we chatted and eventually ordered our dinners.  There was a haddock dish on the specials that I decided to try.  Baked haddock cooked with a lemon wine and lightly sprinkled with garlic, mashed potatoes and spinach.  It was delicious.  The haddock was cooked just right as were the spinach and mashed potatoes.  The cooks however have a different meaning for the word light than myself.  My hope is that my breath will not be that of a dragon tomorrow, even after brushing my teeth a few times.  😏😹🐉  It was highly enjoyable and is my happy for today.

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Monday

It is Monday.  There were two newsworthy fires today-Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris and Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.  Work was a bit stressful.  This must all mean that tomorrow will be better.  After work I got some things done that I have been meaning to do.  I got a Facebook group going for an event this summer, looked over a letter to put into our local SCA newsletter and I bought myself some new jeans.  It was a relaxing afternoon-when I wasn't reading about fires.  My happy for today is that I found jeans.  Generally, when I go the store, it is sold out of my size.  The first store I went to was sold out, but not the second one.  Perseverance!  It is jeans week at school and not I have more than one pair to wear.  

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Palm Sunday

Last night I didn't get to sleep so I slept in this morning.  It was a do nothing and recuperate kind of day and I took advantage of that.  My happy for today is that I got my taxes done, finally.  Nothing like waiting for the last minute.  I'm thankful for getting some more pictures from the event yesterday that I can post here. 

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April Revel--picture heavy

There was a meeting today followed by a small event.  It was glorious and is my happy for today.  There was food and friends, a meeting and court-our first non-investiture court.  I think we did okay.  Hopefully I was loud enough to be heard in the back of the room. 

It is funny some of the things that we hadn't really discussed until this morning, like what to wear.  Somehow I forgot the thing that I am trying to wear under the coronet to keep it on.  Before court I asked someone to braid my hair so we could make it work.  They did a fabulous job of getting it up and out of the way and looking nice too.  They actually sewed my braided hair to my head followed by sewing the coronet to the braids so that the coronet wasn't going anywhere.  I was able to put my head down without it falling off and it worked beautifully.


        
 
                           


We were given gifts of sekanjamin.  The one that we tried was flavored with clove and cinnamon to resemble a fireball.  It was delicious.  The flavors were not as hot as a fireball but were sweet and oh so yummy.  The person who made it gave us a whole bunch and I think we will have to make room to pack it for the events we go to this year. 

We were also given gifts of two stuffed animals, one for K and one for me.  Hers was a sheep and mine a llama.  These are the animals that portray us in a weekly online comic that we appear in sometimes.  I actually pulled out my phone and took pictures from the thrones when I saw the gift coming, I knew it had to be something special.

Right after the gifts were presented the man who writes the comic made it to the event and we got to show him the animals and it was great.  

   

That is a brief rundown of some of the things that happened today.  I got to give out some favors and people were recognized for what they did.  In retrospect I should have given out more of the tokens I have too.  Many thanks to all the people who helped out with and put together this event and the kind gentle (one of our heads of staff) who took many of these photos.  So grateful for the wonder-filled Barony I live in.

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Friday Bits

Kids tend to be more challenging on Fridays.  Well, maybe.  Sometimes I think it is the adults on Friday that also don't want to be at school and so we make it harder on ourselves without realizing.  In one of the classes there was a pop quiz followed by time studying the states locations.  The teacher found a cool website at the beginning of the year, Seterra, that is a great study aid for learning the states, countries and capitols.

When I got home from work I took a nap.  That was supposed to be followed by productive things but I still have many things to do before going to an event tomorrow.   Early morning for me I guess.  My happy for today is that I remembered to pay my mortgage--before the late fee kicked in.  The tenant pays me the rent in time, then I forget to pay the mortgage!  Soon this will be behind me.  😊

The school bulletin board will have bitmoji's from staff.

This is what I think I want for me. 

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Trails

This morning when I got up I could walk.  After ice skating yesterday I wasn't sure even though I stretched after.  There are a few light aches and a sore toe but I felt pretty good today.  I took a nap after work and then a two mile hike.  The hike was on a trail I had been on one other time a few years ago with some other ladies.  We set out to do a loop and it ended up getting dark and one of our party got sick.  We eventually called and the NH Fish and Game and some police officers got us out and brought us back to our cars.  This time I set a timer so that I would be sure to get out on before dark and in time to go to fighter practice.

There were quite a few folks at practice tonight.  I didn't do any fencing practice or drills and just watched tonight.  One of the fighters brought his son to practice.  The youth fighters use different armor and much lighter weapons.  He played with all the adult fighters though, they used his lighter weapons and didn't swing as hard as for the adults and seemed to have a great time. 

Both the hike and watching the practice are my happy things for today.

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