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Had a lovely weekend. Started off with Friday night dinner with Corby and Thjora of delivered sushi, and much fun, if very laid back chatting. Christian came to visit and didn't actually get to our place until just before 1am. He followed the GPS, which took him through downtown DC, which means I had to grab a map and talk him in to our place the easiest way I could think of. Was quite funny. But since he didn't get in until 1am, that meant we were up chatty chatting until 3am, when I declared a cease to the conversation and bedtime for this bonzo.
Saturday morning I slept in longer than I had intended and unfortunately took my sweet time getting ready. But after a bagel and some cold caffeine, we eventually made it onto site by 11:20am. I beat my time of after noon from last year, so figured I was doing fairly well. :) Got to visit with many friends, congratulate the newly-wed Wests each in person, geek with friends about a variety of topics, and in general hang out and have a grand time. The Pink Apprentice and I made finger puppets from the fingers she cut off the Baron of Dun Carraig's fighting glove, which was a hoot, as well as eventually making it down to visit the A&S area. Alina's weaving blew many of us completely away, and the display and documentation put up by Issac and Emma were extremely entertaining reads. After a little bit of good Queen time, and a wonderful court, we departed for home and a plan of Outback Takeaway.
Evja and Theo, who missed the event, showed up at our place and we had yummy steaky food with friends and much hanging out and chatting with friends. Corby kindly brought his Wii to visit and we hooked it up to our projector in the basement. I did bowling and boxing with Evja, kicked her tail in boxing, and we all had enjoyed riotous laughter when Roland and Bob boxed and bowled. Evja and Christian were well matched in boxing, and pretty much tied. Isobel was a natural at bowling, but alas couldn't box with her hurt paws. As folks slowly dropped out and meandered home, Chris and I stayed up until 2am playing a game of golf, which was hideous, but at least we tied at 43 over par.
Again, I slept in late, but we all made it to the Birthday Brunch on time at the Ram's Head Tavern in Savage to celebrate the Green and Blue leaders' birthdays! Food and company again were yummy and a ton of fun respectively. We even did a bit of wandering around in one of the antique malls afterward, I just had to check out the green fleur de lys transom window we glimpsed on the way in, but alas it was out of my budget and an odd size to find a place for. After attempting to walk off some of our meal, we headed home, called the Theo over and played more Wii. More bowling, some boxing, and Corby and Theo make a great tennis team. I think I have reclaimed my title as the Queen of Wii Bowling (on Corby's machine) with a high score of 187. Yesterday I felt every single lunge. We had a wonderful visit from Vlad, Callisa and Arielle, and then another later visit from Val, Arielle and Gracie. It was fabulous weekend full of amazing people, who we eventually kicked out to crash overnight with Roland, Theo and the kitties around 11pm.
Yesterday after work, Alan and I enjoyed the quiet, and I finished re-reading Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. I kinda wish I hadn't gone through it so fast, as now I have 5 days to wait for the new book. I guess I could go re-read the last 5 chapters again or so. Or maybe actually clean and tidy the house some. What a thought.
The one disappointment was our freaking lotus. It takes a week and a half for the bud to go from just out of the water to fully developed and blooming. At the last minute, our bud got a bend in the stem so when it bloomed on Sunday, it was all saggy and not quite the spectacle it is supposed to be. The insects didn't seem to mind, but I was a bit put out. Pink and pretty and saggy. Alan tried to stake the stalk to a tall pole, but it only seemed to help in that the bud didn't completely bend over and touch the ground/pond. sigh.
Had a lovely weekend. Started off with Friday night dinner with Corby and Thjora of delivered sushi, and much fun, if very laid back chatting. Christian came to visit and didn't actually get to our place until just before 1am. He followed the GPS, which took him through downtown DC, which means I had to grab a map and talk him in to our place the easiest way I could think of. Was quite funny. But since he didn't get in until 1am, that meant we were up chatty chatting until 3am, when I declared a cease to the conversation and bedtime for this bonzo.
Saturday morning I slept in longer than I had intended and unfortunately took my sweet time getting ready. But after a bagel and some cold caffeine, we eventually made it onto site by 11:20am. I beat my time of after noon from last year, so figured I was doing fairly well. :) Got to visit with many friends, congratulate the newly-wed Wests each in person, geek with friends about a variety of topics, and in general hang out and have a grand time. The Pink Apprentice and I made finger puppets from the fingers she cut off the Baron of Dun Carraig's fighting glove, which was a hoot, as well as eventually making it down to visit the A&S area. Alina's weaving blew many of us completely away, and the display and documentation put up by Issac and Emma were extremely entertaining reads. After a little bit of good Queen time, and a wonderful court, we departed for home and a plan of Outback Takeaway.
Evja and Theo, who missed the event, showed up at our place and we had yummy steaky food with friends and much hanging out and chatting with friends. Corby kindly brought his Wii to visit and we hooked it up to our projector in the basement. I did bowling and boxing with Evja, kicked her tail in boxing, and we all had enjoyed riotous laughter when Roland and Bob boxed and bowled. Evja and Christian were well matched in boxing, and pretty much tied. Isobel was a natural at bowling, but alas couldn't box with her hurt paws. As folks slowly dropped out and meandered home, Chris and I stayed up until 2am playing a game of golf, which was hideous, but at least we tied at 43 over par.
Again, I slept in late, but we all made it to the Birthday Brunch on time at the Ram's Head Tavern in Savage to celebrate the Green and Blue leaders' birthdays! Food and company again were yummy and a ton of fun respectively. We even did a bit of wandering around in one of the antique malls afterward, I just had to check out the green fleur de lys transom window we glimpsed on the way in, but alas it was out of my budget and an odd size to find a place for. After attempting to walk off some of our meal, we headed home, called the Theo over and played more Wii. More bowling, some boxing, and Corby and Theo make a great tennis team. I think I have reclaimed my title as the Queen of Wii Bowling (on Corby's machine) with a high score of 187. Yesterday I felt every single lunge. We had a wonderful visit from Vlad, Callisa and Arielle, and then another later visit from Val, Arielle and Gracie. It was fabulous weekend full of amazing people, who we eventually kicked out to crash overnight with Roland, Theo and the kitties around 11pm.
Yesterday after work, Alan and I enjoyed the quiet, and I finished re-reading Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. I kinda wish I hadn't gone through it so fast, as now I have 5 days to wait for the new book. I guess I could go re-read the last 5 chapters again or so. Or maybe actually clean and tidy the house some. What a thought.
The one disappointment was our freaking lotus. It takes a week and a half for the bud to go from just out of the water to fully developed and blooming. At the last minute, our bud got a bend in the stem so when it bloomed on Sunday, it was all saggy and not quite the spectacle it is supposed to be. The insects didn't seem to mind, but I was a bit put out. Pink and pretty and saggy. Alan tried to stake the stalk to a tall pole, but it only seemed to help in that the bud didn't completely bend over and touch the ground/pond. sigh.
Mood: 
annoyed
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