So.... the decision is made. Thanks to the not so gentle persuasion of my protege and my real desire to go. I don't know yet what my Baroness is going to require in penance, but I will willingly accept her judgement. :-)
So... Jan. 27-29 Birka
Feb. 10 OR
Feb. 25 EK Winter War
Mar. 3-5 Ealdormere Winter War
Mar. 17-19 Passing of the Ice Dragon, Aethelmarc
Haven't gone past that yet, besides Balfar's Challenge April 28-30 in Ct.
I'm slowing down... only 2 events/month. :-( Can't wait, though. This 2 month hiatus has been very uncomfortable. BOB is starting to grumble. Mind you, it's given me an opportunity to clean up the apt. and throw stuff out. I've amassed 6 bags of garbage and 7 bags of clothes, purses, etc. Most of the latter have already been given to a friend. It's so great. My closet in the backroom has been cleaned out and my filing boxes are in there. Anybody need a shawl?? I have about 5 of them going begging. All handmade (not my hands).
I figure I should be able to finish off by the end of this weekend. :-)
I brought some old maps I had up in my hallway over to friend of mine who's an antique dealer. I suppose, having learned the hard way that possessions are just things..you can't eat, wear nor live in them ... that it really didn't bother me to give them up. Besides, now I have place for my scrolls. I don't miss the maps. My scrolls mean far more to me because they were made FOR me. The maps were just acquisitions. Don't really mean squat. The scrolls, while not having monetary value, are worth far more. :-)
Still have to put up BOB's scroll, though.
Back to work.