Thursday, November 27, 2008, 08:40 PM EST [General]
I m so grateful that I have my daughter home today. I left friday and arrived at Miss Bonnie Pearls to attend TRF and hang with my sista. I spent hours makimg my really fabulous Barbarian attire, of which half of it I left in Oklahoma. (Guess i was a tad excited to leave) This was the half that was my leather top and my Redfox headpiece and my mink belt....SO...I made do with one of Miss Captain Pearl's shirts and off we went.
I enjoyed TRF on Saturday and was ecstatic to meet Rumy and Red, Vulture, Landrew and many others on my site. TRF is the bomb!! I just did not get to see or meet everyone I wanted and I was really psyched for Sunday; however, when I turned my cell phone on Sunday morning, I had several phone messages that my daughter was being lifeflighted to childrens hospital in OKC. Sheila and Brett threw me and my things together in about 3 minutes. I did 95 and 100 from there to Dallas before I got pulled over; whereby after explaining my haste he was kind enough to give me fast directions and send me off. We were able to bring her home late wesnesday and she is still with a touch of pneumonia and pancreatitis, but she made it and that is qll I can ask for now. Her Birthday is today and she is a 14 year old Thanksgiving baby!!!!
I will certainly post a few of the pics from TRF later and I will try it again another time. Until then; I hope to see you at a fair soon and I hope your holidays were less eventful.
So I lost my dear friend this weekend. He passed peacefully in his sleep, and for that I an grateful. I am so happy for all the days and fun conversations we shared these last 4 weeks; although they were not nearly enough. I just wanted more time and there wasn't any more.
I promised my friend, we had said all we wanted to say to each other and that I would be happy with that and quit mourning. Well, easier said than done, but a promise is as promise.
So I will be rallying around all my dear Ren Friends and I look forward to catching up with everyone and all the fun you have been having. Please drop in and say Hi and catch me up.
I recently turned 50; the world did not stop and the sky did not fall for this monumentous event. This is the birthday that sounds really old, whether you feel it or not. When you are 40-49, you simply say: "I'm in my 40's." When you hit the big five-0; that sentence goes right out the door. OK, say age is only a number and your only old as you feel----and all those cliches. HMMMM......Let me just reflect on that for a moment.
Depending on the time of day, activity involved and amount of enery required; I may feel 18 or 80! I have acquired new body parts overnight....or at the very least; they have been rearranged. AND....GASP! Just the other day, I found myself thinking: "Am I too old to be wearing this-? AAAAH.
This is the part where real life thundered in with a reality check. It came in the form of a phone call to inform me a life-long friend-------same age as me..................was dying. He had just gone to Colorado and he was fine.............and then he wasn't. When he came to in the E.R., he was informed he had inoperable cancer. His liver and kidney were so enlarged they were cutting off the blood supply to his heart. They proceeded to offer a few possible experimental things; none with any certainty he would make it home. He chose none of those but came home to be with his family and friends. I go by almost every day, and I cherish my time with my friend who handles each day with such grace and dignity. No whining or self pity from this man, who is too busy making the most of each minute of each day.
Yes, I have had my share of hard knocks; as have most people; but I 've also done or experienced an incredible amount of wonderful things in my 50 years. I have been to all but 2 of the 50 states...and several countries. I've met many celebrities; some who were nicer than I had imagined and others whose attitude in general-----JUST SUCKED!
I've had great adventures in the sky, at sea; movie sets, designer runways and on and on....Have I done everything I want to do-? Not no, but HELL NO! Am I afraid of death-? NO, but that is vastly different than being "ready" to die. SO FOR EVERY DAY THAT I GO TO SEE MY FRIEND---I AM HAPPY I AM 50................................
I must say I had a most fabulous time; even though the fair was small. It gave me an opportunity to watch all of some of my favorite peeps! Ladies of The Salty Kiss, Bilge Pumps, Brothers Dimm and The Falcon Show; just to name a few. I drove with my trusty mapquest map which was so totally wrong on the exit. My new great friend Kaisha gave me step by step directions on my cell and met me at the gate. Right behind me in their vehicle was 2 of my favorite fun people: The Sparrows! It was a piratey day for sure.
It was hot as hades (only guessing here) I met up with new friends: Cabin Tiggie (ask her), Laramie (dark knight) and Miss Chambria. Well I think we did it all and then closed the faire down. Then were not quite through, so we went swimming and out to eat. well that's another story. I got to see Michael and Dawnavan and Cory and all the blacksmiths again and Jack Daniels and miss Jack Daniels! (I also bought alot of stuff) Drank alot of water to keep from dehydrating! Laced and unlaced womensg corsets to keep them from fainting. YEP thats one reason I was not sportin one, and a little minor boo boo at sword; whereby I tiore a stitch out and me Dr. was most unhappy with me. If course not as unhappy as the next 2 I tore out during faire. I have to say I guess the previous pain medication was in me just enough to not feel much until towards the end of the day; and then I suppose it was too late. I had been challenged to a Quarterstaff fight and I could not resist and there was the swimming and the........well you get the picture!
I did miss my girls though! The Hatchet Girls always Rock!
I had successfully kicked cancer's butt this year. Once on my face and the second from my more than ample, well endowed, extra for someone else; GIGANTIC BOOBS. I was quite happy with what was left when they were done. Hey, they were still boobs, sorta of. Okay, so I have to work hard to have any cleavage at all for the lovely Ren Faire attire. Along with this I had lost weight and that was a great thing and the 2nd was I had to shop for new clothes. Now we ladies love to shop for clothes and we love losin weight. I had not wore my Noble Dress to any event since then, but so what if it was a little big. Bonnie P, Fran, Jocelyn and I barely left the faire to get ready for the Kings Feast. We sped to our motel room and changed, fixed hair, freshened up; all in a record 20 minutes! Well Miss Bonnie P didn't change but she still freshened up and sides; she was driving. I had on a Noble Dress of blue and gold and had pulled my hair up and my dress had a large hoop in the skirt. I had on hose and one of my new pairs of lacy panties from Victorias secret that I ordered because (we all know whst size panties we wear) I also had a feathered purse. It was decided lady Jocelyn would ride back with me and we would meet up in the parking lot. We pulled in about 3 cars down from Bonnie. I could see Lord Sturm and Fran heading to my car, just as I got out. I told Jocelyn, "what is wrong with me dress-? I had thought the wire got bent while I was driving. I lifted the hem of the dress; at about the time Jocelyn, Fran and Lord Sturm walked up, and just in time to look down and see the pink pair of panties lying on my gold shoe. I lifted my shoe, removed my panties and put them in my purse. Jocelyn and Fran rolling with laughter ran up to enlighten Bonnie on whar she just missed and Lord Sturm, just pretended that nothing out of the ordinary had happened at all!!
I say better out there than on the dance floor!!
(perhaps when you lose weight, you may not know what size panties you wear.)
