Travelling Time and Space

"If I could ask God one thing, it would be to stop the moon. Stop the moon and make this night and your beauty last forever."

A Knight's Tale

It's kind of hard to believe he is gone forever leaving behind his family, his child and a legacy of movies - a treasure trove of his immense talent. I wish we could have seen him grow, could have shared more tears and laughs and shocked gasps with him as he played his way from story to story but alas, it wasn't meant to be.

Accident? Suicide? Fate? - Whatever the reason, may you rest in peace...

I'll go and watch "A Knight's Tale" now. 

I hate this Monday.

Except for a decent load of decluttering and a hearty stew nothing I could have done without this Monday.

I'll now return to my scheduled banging my head against the wall.

Tada ! 

1. What is your SCA Name?
Maeva Eiriksdottir 

2. What time and where do you portray?
While I started out doing Norse it has been mostly Early German Renaissance for the past 3 years

3. In plain English describe your device.
Purple with a white top with ermine spots and three silver bees arranged two and one on the purple 

4. How long have you been in the SCA?
Since February 2002 ... a meager 6 years

5. Do you have any special titles you have earned?
Yes

6. What kingdom and local group do you belong to?
Kingdom of Trimaris, Shire of Castlemere

7. Do you have preferred colors for your SCA Persona?
I love blues

8. What is your war that you look forward to going to every year?
I'm looking forward to going to Pennsic this year but I don't go to Wars regularly

9. Do you hold any offices?
Yes, I'm the current Chart Herald for Trimaris and just finished a term as local MoAS

10. Favorite memory from an event?
Nibelungen War, trudging into the woods to gather firewood for the camp fire to get the water for tea going, with the early morning mist rising and the banners fluttering in a gentle breeze
Robert of Canterbury reciting the story of Albion during Court at Drachenwald's 10th Anniversary 

11. Are you a fighter? What kind?
A wanna-be fighter, at least when it comes to fencing

12. Are you crafty (making things)?
Yes

13. Do you teach classes at events?
Yes, fewer than I'd love to though

14. Do you play instruments at events?
No

15. Do you dance at events?
If I can feel my feet and don't have to watch the Finndragon, yes !

16. Do you feel that there is enough flirting and chivalrous behavior in the SCA ?
Too much flirting and not enough chivalrous behaviour.

17. Are you a "Black Hat" or a "White Hat"?.
Pardon me ?

18. What is one of the reasons you've remained in the SCA?
People and the amazing possibilities

19. What peerage(s) do you aspire to?
I aspire to the qualities inherent in all the peerages, never the peerage itself

20. Who was Crown when you joined the SCA?
Gerhard and Aurelia, Kingdom of Drachenwald

21. If you are a Peer, who was the Crown that elevated you?
Thorstenn and Zephyrine, Kingdom of Trimaris

22. Have you lived in more than 1 kingdom and which ones?
Drachenwald and now Trimaris

23. Have you helped found a group?
Yes ! Shire of Aventiure :o)

24. Have you had any house affiliations?
Yes

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Very very ... strange :o) 

Where to start, where to start ?

So much has happened in the past 4 weeks since my last update that I have a hard time sorting all my thoughts and deciding on where to begin. My still fuzzy brain and only slowly fading exhaustion from this past weekend isn't really helping in the process :o)

Christmas

Our trip to PA for the Christmas Holidays was uneventful - hallelujah ! No spending hour upon hour stuck at the airport, no road and traffic issues - it was heaven. Heaven continued with family fun, presents, baking cookies and cakes and desserts and long late nights with boardgames. Finn was a darling all around and wrapped everybody around his fingers. He's getting better at it everyday, our little charmer.

Back home we entered the final stage of the preparations for the event as well as my elevation. It still feels odd to type this. Funny, eh ? While I started out with 2 months preparations time most of the actual work for the elevation was done in the week before the event. Thankfully other than finalizing the schedule and printing the event booklets nothing had to be done for the event itself or else I'd have gone utterly nuts. Even for somebody like me, autocratting and an elevation make for such a workload that I got close to my personal limit.

Hubby left for sunny Arizona on Sunday, a day which Finn and I spent on the beach relaxing before the last stretch of madness. It was beautiful, sunny albeit a bit nippy  on the windswept beach and we spent our time out there digging in the sand and building castles. At home my sewing machine was screaming at me for attention which I had a hard time scraping together. Every other project sounded more fun than sewing my dress ... ugh. I did manage to get it to the wearable stage by Thursday though - now it's back on the dress dummy for some more tweaking before its next showing at the Game demo next week :o)

Anyhow, Thursday we drove out to the camp to get settled in for a quick and early start the next morning. Set up Friday went like a breeze thanks to the many helping hands we had. My vigil site, the wooden pavilion in the farthest corner of the camp, came last and thanks to all the banners I'd painted the past couple of weeks, the scribal desk and the trestle table Paul and Tamara had brought it looked really nice. Terafan brought his pavilion as my vigil tent and people went all ooh and aaah over it. It looked so lovely. The Squirrels went all out and set up an amazing buffet with most delicious fingerfoods. I wish I could have grazed more but I was somewhat preoccupied :o) They seriously rock !

Their Royal Highnesses Mittion and Rose sent me off to vigil and we processed through the woods to the vigil tent. In the dark it was even prettier and as far as I can tell people had a great time waiting for their turn. At least that's what it sounded like. I had plenty of wonderful visitors and so the vigil ended a good 1.5h after the originally planned time and it was good. I wouldn't have missed any of those who came for anything. Many also left comments, wishes and advice in my vigil book which I keep reading whenever I find a quiet moment. 

My napkin tokens, beautifully made by Mistress Gianetta and made possible by HL Cara, are absolutely lovely. I'm really really glad I have some left and can't wait to add them to my feastgear basket :o)

By around 2am I finally weaseled off into bed and was out in seconds. The night was awfully short :o/ and Saturday had me running all over site. The day was lovely, with overcast skies which kept me safe from possible migraines. People had a lot of fun, everybody was busy doing fun things and we had no catastrophe or crisis all day. Afternoon came much too fast and getting dressed for court happened in a flurry. For a while I got to distract myself from the growing nervousness by playing "circlet fairy" sneaking up behind recipients with circlets provided so very generously by Hrothgar and plopping them down on their heads when the award was announced :o) That was a lot of fun and good for a chuckle or two.

My turn came much too fast and fortunately I recognized the introduction to the ceremony right away, in time to grab husband and Finndragon to get in line for the procession in. Finndragon and Katiebug looked so cute in their bee-tabbards ! Hubbybear escorted me up to the thrones and then there was no stopping it. Only biting my tongue kept me from bursting into tears which is why on so many pictures I'm making such a funky face. Mistress Ysabela, Duchess Islay, Duke Martin, Mistress Melessee, Master Octavio spoke for me during the ceremony and their words still have me in wonder - Is that person they are talking about really me ? I'm not sure about that but I know I'll never forget. These people mean a lot to me; they are wonderful in so many ways and each one of them is an inspiration and an example to live up to.

Finneadan created the most beautiful scroll and I can't wait to see it properly framed. She is so incredibly talented and beautiful in and out and her agreeing to do this meant the world to me.

There was so much going on it's difficult to describe everything. Having pictures helps a lot but my brain is still fuzzy and a lot of things are still a blur. I was invested with medallion given to me by Terafan who in turn had received it from his Laurel who'd made it himself and a laurel wreath for my head and after swearing fealty I was excused from the royal presence to meet my Peers. That's when I finally lost it :o) There were many many teary-eyed hugs.

Feast followed and it was wonderful. TRH Mittion and Rose invited us to sit with Them and we enjoyed it immensely. Miniature trebuchets on every table gave the usually polite food fights a rather rambunctious quality :o) The food was very very good and by the end we were stuffed. I passed on the dancing since my feet hurt mightily and after a quick stop at the Bardic Circle Mistress Melessee and I, escorted by Master Thomas, ambled back to our cabin for a last chat  with the other scribes and then I was really really ready for bed.

Sunday was wet. Moving the date did not save us from the traditional C&C rain *sigh* and so breakdown was a rather soggy affair. I missed saying good-bye to a lot of people because I was everywhere but where they were  :o/ We came home and crashed taking a nap until dinner time only to crawl back into bed right afterward. 

I found some quiet time on Monday to read through my vigil book, to look at my medallion and my new belt and only then the realization that I was no longer Terafan's apprentice hit me like a sledge hammer. Bawling like an abandoned puppy I held on to the bottle opener Terafan had removed from my apprentice belt to attach to my new Laurel belt he'd made. I know I'm not alone, I know I can always turn to him and I know it's not an end but rather a new beginning but just like a friend of mine holding the pieces of her indenture not too long ago I found myself crying over the last reminder of the first part of our shared path.

I'm so glad I'm taking it with me on the next journey ...