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The old man is snoring...
Apr. 16th, 2003 11:09 amIt's raining, has been since about 8 last night, and I have a very slight "it's raining" sort of all-body muscle ache going. At least the pressure drop wasn't enough to trigger a morning hiding in bed dosed with painkillers. There was some lovely lightning last night, plus the occasional jet take-off over the house, and I didn't get to sleep until really late (and getting a phone call because someone accidentally locked the keys in the car with the motor running, because someone was distracted because someone's pager leaped from someone's belt loop into a small river, had little or nothing to do with the sleep problem). So I am sleepy and achy and the cat threw up on the couch yesterday. So I have that to look forward to, when I get home tonight. Maybe I'll get to do something fun as well, like putting together the new drafting table.
I did actually fight last night. Sort-of, anyway. I did slow warmup with Edwin, then some full-speed sparring, then I stood around in armor for a while sorting out the things that need to be fixed and the things that need to be replaced (the problem children did not magically fix themselves while they sat in my armor bag, very disappointing, that), then I fought Rodrigo. I don't suck nearly as badly as Edwin thought I might, although I am slow and definitely out of practice. The reflexes are pretty atrophied, but most of the muscle memory is sound. My shield position is thoroughly lousy, and it gets worse as I get tired, but that will improve if I keep fighting. My shoulders are stiff, but it's hard to tell if that's just from last night or if biking on Sunday still hasn't gone away yet.
Rodrigo introduced himself to me--I had to point out who I was married to, and he said we'd never been formally introduced. He's probably right about that, but it was funny nonetheless.
I did not miss the feeling of having sweat trickling down one's back while one is standing around in armor, though.
I have sample cards for linen, wool, wool/silk, and silk weaving yarns from Halcyon Yarns, and I may have to order some silk and/or wool soon, although I still don't have hard numbers on the actual sizes of the silk used on the period examples. I need to finish some more cards, and fine-tune the warp-weighted setup. I'd like to order an Oseberg style loom--one of the people on the cardweaving list has a model that he sells for $40--but I don't quite like the way he's done the uprights. I know that if I decide to build my own I will probably never get around to it, but I can dream. Or I can commission one from one of the woodworker types, I suppose.
Lastly, banana chips do not belong in granola.
I did actually fight last night. Sort-of, anyway. I did slow warmup with Edwin, then some full-speed sparring, then I stood around in armor for a while sorting out the things that need to be fixed and the things that need to be replaced (the problem children did not magically fix themselves while they sat in my armor bag, very disappointing, that), then I fought Rodrigo. I don't suck nearly as badly as Edwin thought I might, although I am slow and definitely out of practice. The reflexes are pretty atrophied, but most of the muscle memory is sound. My shield position is thoroughly lousy, and it gets worse as I get tired, but that will improve if I keep fighting. My shoulders are stiff, but it's hard to tell if that's just from last night or if biking on Sunday still hasn't gone away yet.
Rodrigo introduced himself to me--I had to point out who I was married to, and he said we'd never been formally introduced. He's probably right about that, but it was funny nonetheless.
I did not miss the feeling of having sweat trickling down one's back while one is standing around in armor, though.
I have sample cards for linen, wool, wool/silk, and silk weaving yarns from Halcyon Yarns, and I may have to order some silk and/or wool soon, although I still don't have hard numbers on the actual sizes of the silk used on the period examples. I need to finish some more cards, and fine-tune the warp-weighted setup. I'd like to order an Oseberg style loom--one of the people on the cardweaving list has a model that he sells for $40--but I don't quite like the way he's done the uprights. I know that if I decide to build my own I will probably never get around to it, but I can dream. Or I can commission one from one of the woodworker types, I suppose.
Lastly, banana chips do not belong in granola.
