The past several days have been hectic. Our Shire put on a one-day event on Saturday, which went very well, but was a lot of work for everyone. I was in charge of the rapier fighting and ended up fighting in both tournaments because we didn't have many fighters show up. I won the first one, oddly enough. I know, I know, it's gauche to win one's own tourney, but they all wanted me to fight, so I fought. Not my fault.
Then, on Sunday, we drove a couple hours away to help out with a small town Ren Faire. Usually we get a pretty decent crowd watching us fight, but this time nobody seemed all that interested. We pretty much treated it like a regional practice and fought our butts off anyway. So, by Monday morning, we were sore as all get out and not in any mood to go back to work. Of course, we didn't have much choice on that score. We gotta eat, ya know.
Then I find out that I have not one, not two, but three different commitments that I have to deal with on Tuesday and all of them are during work hours. So, I have to beg my boss to take the day off. He's fairly understanding, but I felt like I was pushing it a bit this time. Still, what choice did I have. Fortunately, he was ok with it.
Tuesday came around and I ended up at the bank at 9am to talk to a mortgage officer about adding on to our house. The man was condescending, a bit rude and didn't seem particularly worried about getting my business. The numbers he was quoting for rates, etc., seemed a bit high, as well. Time to find a new banker, maybe? Hmmmm....
At 11am, I had to meet with my daughter's teacher. "Megan is remarkably intelligent, but she's unorganized and lacks self-discipline." Gee, where have I heard that before? Oh, right, every teacher I ever had in my entire school career. Well, at least I have a good grasp of the problem.
After that, it was off to help my lovely wife with a rapier demo at her middle school. I usually enjoy doing demos, but the lackluster crowd at the ren faire on Sunday had my expectations for this one kind of on the low side. I got there a bit early and had to stand around in her class room being stared at by a bunch of 8th graders. Guess I shouldn't have worn shorts. I have pretty visible tattoos on my calves and they aren't exactly "mainstream". Still, once we started the demo, the kids really got into it. I did much better than normal talking about the time period and the concept of dueling. They got very excited when we fought and asked lots of questions afterwards. All in all, it was a complete success. How cool is that? By the time we were done, though, Ysabel was feeling sick from a stomach bug she had picked up somewhere (I'm looking at you Feodor!), so the rest of the day was mostly taking care of her. Not that I minded, really, since I love her and stuff. Still, there are more pleasant ways to spend an evening.
Today rolled around, as days tend to do, and I had to meet with a business associate regarding some web work he owed me for. Good thing, too, since I needed to put some money into my car rather badly. I didn't realize how badly until after we were through and I took it up to an oil change place to have the oil topped off. I knew the oil was low, but it turned out to be 3 quarts low. This is after only about 2500 miles of driving. Not good. Additionally, the front passenger side tire was showing uneven patches of wire all the way around. It could have shredded itself at any time. Since I drive about 100 miles a day for work, it's a miracle that it has lasted this long. So much for the money I just got paid. The car is currently sitting up at the local Firestone getting 4 new tires. Not cheap, let me tell you. This on top of the $350 that we have to pay for an appraisal on our house in order to get the financing for the add on. I am not a happy Corbin right now, to say the least. And to top all that off, Ysabel emailed me to tell me about a gun scare at her school today. The stupid kid was in her classroom when they came to get him. Turned out to be a bike pedal that he had stuck in his pants and was flashing around to make people think it was a gun. Don't these kids have any freakin' brains these days? Can you say "expelled"? I knew you could. Sheesh!
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Yeah, it didn't look like a big crowd, but between the two days there was a pretty decent number of people looking at fencers. They had about 400 people through the door, though the fencers didn't get an early start on Sunday.
In any case, we had 4 new people come to the meeting last night. Not bad. I have a kid coming to Black Axe as well. I will see if we get any new fencers Thursday. Ardmore can be low key, but it gets the interest up.
4 newbies isn't a bad return on investment. Glad we could help out. It was a lot of fun. I just wasn't getting the "excited" vibe from the crowd nearly as much as we normally do. But, we got in some stabbity time, so who am I to complain?
Sounds like a fun few days, Corbin. Hope you're recharging.
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