Ice Dragon

[baronessekat]

All in all the event went well.

The new site helped a lot for that. It did not feel crowded or isolationist. All in one building and it being a building that didn't instantly cause asthma attacks the moment you walked in.

I retained for His Highness and enjoyed it. Though the shift is what helped me to really notice that Boss wasn't there. So far I've been able to make myself think "He just didn't come to this event". But this was Ice Dragon. It was an extremely rare thing for him to miss it. But at one point His Highness and I were standing on the side of the tourney lists, waiting for it to start when we looked at each other and we realized that that was the first Ice Dragon where neither Morguhn nor Maynard was going to win. That's when it really hit for me that he was really gone.

I also reconnected with something that I didn't realized I had missed doing at event. Field retaining/squiring. During my retaining shift, His Highness fought some bys and if found the happy contentment of standing by the list waiting to accept sword, gauntlets, helm as the fighter comes off the field. And by standing and assisting the MoL keep track of the winners of a list. Jenna made a off handed comment that if I wanted to be an MoL again, she could make it happen. I need to think on it. What I really want to do, is something I have wanted to do since almost my first day. List Marshall. But I know I still have big obstacles. I'm not a fighter. And there is a prejudice against nonfighter marshals. Also, I then have to find an Earl Marshal that would warrant me. I know that it is all on me to overcome those things if I really want to do it. I just need to sit and do some soul searching and determine how much I really want it.

A new brother was welcomed into the fold. That was hard all the way around. But we as a family made it through and made him feel welcome.

Saw people that I haven't seen in a while. Didn't get to see other folks. But welcome to Ice Dragon.

At the event I also went and finally submitted a personal badge. I was told that it could take upwards of a year to hear anything back. But I got something done I've been wanting to do for awhile, and the very small change that had to be made to make it submittable is so small I can't complain at all. So now it's keeping fingers crossed that it passes.

We left before court. I miss court. But lately the events have been so busy or stressful that one of the three of us has reached "enough" before court starts.

Dinner was sushi with the girls and mister_robinson. It was most enjoyable, though towards the end I don't remember too much. I am such a lightweight. But it was needed for me.

Next event is coronation. I need to work on the new garb for it. Also have a scroll due for it. And I have no ideas for the scroll yet. I hate that feeling.

But I have three weeks. Plenty of time to prepare for the next event.

Comments

[kelfstein.livejournal.com]

I enjoyed seeing you, I had a good time.

[2bluefish.livejournal.com]

I was happy to see you even if I did not get to spend as much time with you as I would have liked. Yea, welcome to Ice Dragon.

[western-duchess.livejournal.com]

The bias against non-fighter marshals tends to be an interkingdom anthropolgy thing. We see a bit of it here in the West, but we have a lot of marshals who don't fight. (It used to be more prevalent) I think part of it is when the fighters actually take time to realize that most of the non-fighter marshals do know what they are doing (you do get a goob now and then ...but you get a goob fighting marshal now and then too) It also helps that the fighters realize that without the non-fighter marshals...some of them might have to sit out the tourney to marshal.