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Late November
Nov. 27th, 2018 09:57 pmAs I was saying in my last post, the boy toy and I had an enjoyable day together on Thanksgiving. He roasted a turkey breast and turkey leg -- no need for the whole bird for just the two of us. My French Canadian meat stuffing actually tasted more or less like the real thing, more so after the flavors had blended overnight in the refrigerator. It's not bad fried up like scrapple the morning after, either.
On Friday he and I went to Harper's Ferry to walk around the lower town. Some of the historic exhibits had been closed for renovation the last time we were there, so we got to see them this time around. It was cold but sunny. At least we didn't have to pay the entrance fee to the historical park; the boy toy's parents got him one of those National Park Service annual passes, and we're trying to use it a few times before it expires next April.
On Saturday the boy toy started putting up some of the Christmas decorations while I went to Chessiecon. I've gotten to Philcon's small size -- this year's Philcon masquerade lasted all of 15 minutes -- but Chessiecon also seemed tiny. Hardly anyone, it seemed, bothered to stay through Kiva's Saturday night concert. The con chair chimed in on my Facebook comment about that and said that Chessiecon was actually *bigger* this year than in 2017 -- really??? -- but that a lack of volunteers was the real issue. Well, I'll grant that, but at some point you have to have some people coming through the door and paying for enough memberships to cover the basic costs of the hotel.
On Sunday I just stayed home and helped put up more Yule decorations and did some desk cleaning. (I don't care whether the top of my desk is messy, but the boy toy nags me about it.)
On Monday afternoon I watched the webcast of the Mars InSight landing. So glad it was successful!
This evening I went to Mistress Teleri's annual SENEA dinner: steak kabobs and various dishes from an ancient book of medicinal recipes. (She's been blogging about it.) Very tasty. Meisterin Johanna invited three newcomers (well, one had grown up in the SCA and just moved here from the Outlands) with whom she had bonded at Fall Crown Tourney. They seem like nice people, so maybe we'll see more of them in the future.
On Friday he and I went to Harper's Ferry to walk around the lower town. Some of the historic exhibits had been closed for renovation the last time we were there, so we got to see them this time around. It was cold but sunny. At least we didn't have to pay the entrance fee to the historical park; the boy toy's parents got him one of those National Park Service annual passes, and we're trying to use it a few times before it expires next April.
On Saturday the boy toy started putting up some of the Christmas decorations while I went to Chessiecon. I've gotten to Philcon's small size -- this year's Philcon masquerade lasted all of 15 minutes -- but Chessiecon also seemed tiny. Hardly anyone, it seemed, bothered to stay through Kiva's Saturday night concert. The con chair chimed in on my Facebook comment about that and said that Chessiecon was actually *bigger* this year than in 2017 -- really??? -- but that a lack of volunteers was the real issue. Well, I'll grant that, but at some point you have to have some people coming through the door and paying for enough memberships to cover the basic costs of the hotel.
On Sunday I just stayed home and helped put up more Yule decorations and did some desk cleaning. (I don't care whether the top of my desk is messy, but the boy toy nags me about it.)
On Monday afternoon I watched the webcast of the Mars InSight landing. So glad it was successful!
This evening I went to Mistress Teleri's annual SENEA dinner: steak kabobs and various dishes from an ancient book of medicinal recipes. (She's been blogging about it.) Very tasty. Meisterin Johanna invited three newcomers (well, one had grown up in the SCA and just moved here from the Outlands) with whom she had bonded at Fall Crown Tourney. They seem like nice people, so maybe we'll see more of them in the future.
