Time to catch up!
Hey all!
Well I figured that this is the perfect time to catch up, as I am stuck at school till 2:30 and it is only 1:14pm. Lets see, where to begin.....Well, this past weekend my son and myself went to an SCA event in the USA (Milwalkee WI to be exact) We traveled with 3 other people and left Friday at 7:30am. It was a long trip (about 11 hours) but we all remained in pretty good spirits, and arrived at our destination (Laura, Paul, and Bens house) at about 8:30-9pm. We visited for a little while, then went to bed, as we had to be up very early the next morning. I went with Soly (Laura) to get 50doz carnations at the florist, and Arthurus followed with the kids. Abelard (Paul) had left even earlier than we did to start setting up the site for the event. Why 50 doz carnations you ask? Well, part of this event was a heavy fighting tourney, the list field was divided into 5 or 6 smaller areas so that 5 or 6 pairs of people could fight at any one time. I almost didn't get to fight as I had forgotten my fighter card at home....however, I ended up re-authorizing and got to fight after all. It was fun! We all lined up and whoever the first two people in line were, they went out to fight as soon as a spot was clear on the list field. The winner of the bout (and the conditions for winning changed regularly) got to tell the person they defeated who they wanted them to deliver a flower to (hence, the carnations), then the defeated party had to go to the Queen (or her representative) and beg a flower. It was a great way to meet a lot of people! I had fun fighting and even managed to win a few (I sent one of the flowers to my son, James ). I fought everyone that Soly had asked me to, learned some things about my armor (things I want to change). I also learned that I need to really improve my cardio strength, so that is something I am working on.
More later!
Bou :o)
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