Travelling Time and Space

24h from now we will be on the road to Pennsic! Wheeeee :o) I have conquered my Pre-Pennsic panic and I'm now the calm before the storm. I feel like taking a nap (but I'm at work so that's a no go right now). I'm packed and ready to go except for the overnight bag with toiletries and a few mundane clothes for extra change. Since Finndragon will be traveling with us until we meet up with the Grandparents we will be spending one night in a hotel and I also needed to pack for two; Finndragon took care of his entertainment bag for the drive. The Grandparents will keep him busy at their place so he won't miss his stuff at home. Well, maybe except for Batman, the guinea pig, and the cats :o) The new tent poles look fabu-licious. I like the new finials very much even if I didn't get around to gilding them. That'll go on the post-Pennsic project list. Maybe I can squeeze in one last "might be nice to have" project tonight - I'd really like to be able to attach a pennon to the finial(s) and all it'd take is one more hole and some modifications to a handy-dandy oak dowl I have kicking around at home. Hmmmm .... we'll see. Guess this is it for a last update before we leave. We are going to be back on the 10th of August (with shitloads of laundry ... ugh - now Milica is laughing - wait 'til you see the laundry pile, hah!). I will not bring a laptop and I won't seek out internet access while at pennsic so it'll be vewy vewy quiet here. Quieter than usual when I'm just procrastinating updating. Take care, make stuff, have fun! Be back soon!

I'm down to the "would be nice to have but the sky won't fall on our heads if I don't" kind of projects for Pennsic. Next thing is packing stuff, one last dentist appointment and in 1 1/2weeks we're on the road.

Eeep! 

My poor Jeep is fixable after all, the other insurance is paying for, it goes into the shop for good on Monday and I'll even get a rental car for the time they will be working on my poor car (which will be about two weeks ... or 58 work hours - no, I'm not kidding).

For the past couple of days I've been vegging; driving home after work, pick up Finndragon, cover basic household chores and doze off on the couch until hubby came home only to then crawl into bed.I got my motivation slammed right out of my system on Tuesday, it seems, and it took forever to come back.

Today is the first day that I tackled my remaining sewing projects with any kind of fervor and so far things are turning out nicely. I now have a nice canvas pilgrim's scrip to take to Pennsic which will be so much more comfortable and practical than my little basket that I usually lug around, my salmon Norse underdress is done and I've made a black velvet and cream bee brocade German Renaissance starfish hat :o)

Now I've got to run over to the craft store to hunt down some feathers! 

 

... to ruin your day.

 

This morning, a mere 3 blocks from my final destination, I became victim to a fenderbender. The ramp that I usually get off of the highway features a very curved off ramp. A ramp that I now driving the heavy Jeep tend to take at 15mph ..maybe 20mph if I'm in a frisky mood. The Jeep is heavy, heavier than the van, and once in motion needs room to stop, room that I don't have on this curved and rather short off ramp. This morning watching the oncoming traffic I decided to slow down from my 15mph to wait out the oncoming traffic. Could I have made it if I'd floored the gas pedal to the floor and through it? Maybe ... squealing wheels and everything. Could the guy behind me have done it? Maybe, but not with another car in front.

He tried anyhow.

Didn't work, I tell you.

I stopped him before he could wreak more havoc

*sigh*

Waiting for an opening in the traffic something slammed into the back of my car and I narrowly missed kissing the dashboard. Now my good ol' Jeep needs to go see the body shop (the trailer hitch is bent, the fender is bent, the trunk door is bent and so is the back door on the driver's side) for some serious work. It's still drivable fortunately which is something the other guy can't claim for his car. It was busy leaking transmission fluid while we were waiting for the cops...

Me? I guess I'm okay. I'm still a bit shaky, my neck is somewhat stiff from the whiplash and people in cars behind me make me slightly nervous but I'm alive and kicking. And grateful to be...

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The Pennsic university class list started out with 57 pages worth of classes. After eliminating the classes I'm not interested in and those classes being held before our arrival on site I managed to trim the list down to 13 pages ...

Today I discovered the list had been updated again .... to 69 pages total, and this is without listing any classes that are being added between now and the official start of Pennsic.

I guess I'll just have to clone myself ... 

Back from my dental surgery and only slightly dizzy from the ittle blue pill - dental surgery is a crappy way of starting into a new month, I tell you.

The funny thing is now that I'm back home and my adrenalin rush is slowing down all the great drugs I took to help ease my dentistry anxiety are now kicking in the safety of my home. Sweet ...I wish they'd work sooner but with hubby off to work and Finndragon at school a nap sounds like a fabulous way of getting my frazzled nerves back in order.

TTTFN - talk to you later :o)