It's My Life

Travel is not kind to this man...

Yngvar should be in Rochester by now. But his plane 'broke' in Little Rock and he just now got to Chicago. Lu doesn't know how long it will be before he hits Minneapolis and then makes it home. Well. Down to Rochester where he is spending a couple of days here. Then he'll go up to his parents. Home? it's where Uncle Sugar tells him his home is at for a couple of years, now.

He's got a problem when it comes to travel, I think. At least this leg of his journey. Maybe this is going to get it all over with so the remainder of his tour is smooth. That would be nice, wouldn't it?

I'm hoping to fight him on Sunday. We'll see. If I stay drunk for the next two days, though...it's tasty. Sorry, it just is. I meant to work on a sword tonight and family was over and then we watched 'spiderpig: the movie".   I know it is The Simpson's Movie but that's the music I remember. And after watching it, well, I think I wasted my money. I guess I just don't understand the humor - Homer and Bart's relationship is not easy to fathom in watching just the one movie. So I'm drinking water to come off the nice buzz of the evening. omg. "Together we can stop graveyard babies."  I wonder if Taryn can identify what movie that quote is from?? I'll have to ask on Monday, or Wednesday. Not sure when she is back on line. It's 11:11 pm and I'm watching a bit of SciFi while typing this up and talking to friends in IM.

OK, no more SciFi. Tasha Yar is messing up an embalming. Totally ick. I guess her character in this movie gets zombie-fied so no need to watch it. Another coming of age movie with a gruesome twist.

I'm going to nap on the sofa so the Baby Bomber isn't alone. Gin is out with friends. But to do that, I got to displace a cat who is snoring. sigh. Am I that cruel? But my buzz is long gone. And Yngvar will not hit the Cities until 1ish, I hear now. 

Home safe!

Got back into Roch about 3, home about 4. All good! More later. Heading off to a party...just like a kid, heh? I am so looking forward to a workout tomorrow, though.

A Driving Walk-About

This is a placer-post - I got to pull together what I want to say about Calontir's coronation, the drive down and the drive home, and how good it feels to have Gin home. But first, I want to get a post in about the fighter practice with Heraldshill, which goes over on the Iron Rose blog. So yeah, tomorrow over coffee I think.

I'm Home, Mom!

Just a quick post at 12:40 am on Monday. I'm home. Rain or drizzle since Des Moines. Night!

Summer Vacation

So, some stories about my trip down to see Ginny....where to start....oh, the boat.

I've no idea where I was but it was somewhere in Missouri. So I'm driving along and slow down because traffic has slowed down; lots of pretty lights flashing ahead. I notice that there is a nice boat sitting in the median, pointing down the median as if someone just pulled up and stepped out, except there isn't any water in this ditch-like median strip. Then traffic got out of my visual path and I saw there was the trailer, sitting in the median as well, and a couple of smushed vehicles sitting on the other side of the road. I suppose it's lucky that no one got hurt and a tribute to the other drivers that only two vehicles were involved. And yeah, someone else's vacation is ruined now.

I got out of St. Charles at 4:18 am, after 4 hours of sleep. There are no monitored rest-stops on the hwy 63 path, so I was forced to find a shady place at a road side rest when I finally got so tired I was endangering people. 30 minutes of snoozing, in a locked car with windows barely cracked, and I woke up drenched in sweat and with head pounding. Maybe not such a good idea.

Ginny and I went to see Pirates last night - much better the second time. We ate at her favorite chinese buffet, watered her plants at a friend's house, then enjoyed the antics of Jack, Will and Elizabeth. I was in my room by...10? Chatted a bit via IM and eventually fell asleep.

Woke up at 5:03. Ha! Body knows what it wants, lol. Really now, I'm on vacation. Finally woke up at 8:30, had a bit of a swim and breakfast, and am cleaning up now for a day at my brother's place.

Plans are that tonight we go to Branson, spend tomorrow there, leave Monday morning, I buy Gin some groceries and leave her behind while I try to connect with my mother in Springfield. Leave Springfield to see how far north I can get that night, and complete the journey on Tuesday.

Stay Tuned for More Exciting Adventures!

Catching Up

So I'm catching up from the last couple of days of running around Minnesota. Got to see some new country up in western Minnesota, have a nice visit and drive around a couple of places I've not ever been and might not ever go again. And left the camera in the bag!!  I'm such a goof.

Got home to pick a whole lot of cherries...I'm making wine out of them, I think. I should have enough to get a couple of gallons of wine, esp if I mix it with apples. Cherry mead does sound wonderful but takes too long to age - cherry ale would be ready to drink in a couple of weeks, though, too. So not sure what I should do, except pick and freeze them for ease later in pitting the darn things. Got two gallons of cherries in the freezer.

Isaiah has a new apartment; moves in on July 4th with help from Van and I and who knows who else?  He's got a little one bedroom which will have all the usual rooms - kitchen area, living area, bath and bedroom and various closets. He's very pleased to be taking this step. We are going to provide some things, like a tv and all those first sets of paper products and condiments for his fridge. Cleaning supplies.

Ginny called after her first day of work at Hardy's in Rolla. She's not coming home between the breaks so I'm going down there on July 28 or whenever her last day of finals are so we can have some time together. Whatever else, the vacation will include a trip to Silver Dollar City. Or a float trip...maybe *and* a float trip. Not sure yet. Putting this in here so I don't loose it -it's a good deal.

Van turns 59 tomorrow and is really weirded out by this birthday. So if you know Van and want to assure him he's the same person tomorrow that he is today, tell him so. It's a celebration, not something to be dismayed about.

The Shire is gathered at Martin and Brenna's at a big party, an SCA moot, this weekend. So I'm going out tomorrow afternoon to fight a bit, after going out with Van to shoot tomorrow morning. Then in the late afternoon, Isaiah and Van and I are going to Superman as part of his birthday.

And I'm starting Lyulf's hat tonight!  Go Me!