arrived at our house on Thursday late morning, in the form of my best friend from school, who it turned out I hadn’t seen for nearly two years. I can’t find a mention of our last visit up her way on the blog even, which is bad. Anyway, as ever, it was as if we’d seen each other everyday for the last two years, and some several before that, and the kids adore her, so that was good too. Sat up looking through piccies (on the puter obviously) and catching up on families, and drinking wine.
Oh, and she is very handy with a needle, so she made cloaks, while I did a tabard, and Tim did more armour related making.
Got kids’ hair cut on Friday, and A stayed over another night – we introduced her to Eureka which we’re currently enjoying. Costumes pretty much finished by this point – we knocked up a little extra for Kirsty’s M and Frog, as well as sorting something out for Tim. I did some of the packing that evening as well, then somehow, despite a late night, managed to get up and organised so early that Tim was able to blog about it.
Got to the beans for about 12, which was what I was aiming for – there were a fair few ppl already there, but plenty more to come too. Twitter was going mad – but in a very belated way, I got 10 texts all at once at one point, and at no stage got any from mazportico, which I didn’t quite understand. The weather held remarkably well for the day, and most ppl stayed outside – I got a drink and then retreated to the playroom, and stayed there.
I found the day surprisingly difficult, in that I hadn’t expected to find it difficult at all. Instead, I kept having to blink away tears, or stare fixedly at the picture on the opposite wall, hoping that no one would say anything too kind (everyone was incredibly thoughtful and caring). Got to make friends with the youngest deep ender, who is a particularly gorgeous little person, and had some very interesting chats with various ppl.
Stayed up far too late, and only got up this morning with the aid of painkillers. Don’t know why I’m in pain again at this point, but will be taking myself off to the doctor to discuss it tomorrow.
Big and Small had a fabulous time. Small kept his costume on all day, and was next to no bother, Big had occasional wails/ tantrums, but mainly didn’t want to waste playing time. Today was rather more difficult as all the children had stayed up late last night, but Tim and I got the car packed up so that we could leave at the drop of a tantrum, and eventually managed to stay for lunch. After pancakes for breakfast of course!
Decent drive home, and I’ve bathed the offspring, while Tim is now storying and tucking in. I’ve an urge to create something crafty, so I’m perusing pattern books, of which I have a pretty decent array now, and trying to work out which bit of my stash I’d like to bust. Keep checking my place in the ravelry sign up list, but there’s a way to go before I get to play there!
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