Friends- and fun-filled day
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janestarzYesterday I spent most of my day away from home. But I had heaps o'fun.
At nine-thirty I realised I still needed to grab my things together, check the route and address of![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
alhandra_s etc.etc.haste/panic/etc. It was a little later than planned when I left the house, taking care to remember to feed and water the kitties (NoKey normally does this, so I might have forgotten it).
Of course the weather was ghastly. Freezing temperatures, still snow on the roads in most places (it's snowing now) and a wind that made it a very bad thing to be cycling much. Luckily my planning would take me to the station and see from there. I hopped onto the 10.25 am bus towardssteelweaver, having had enough time at the station to help out a rather clueless couple who were baffled by the ticket vending machine.
In any case, though I arrived later than planned, Steelweaver and Twilightbanana were happy to see me and I presented Steelweaver with her birthday gifts. One can never have too much tea, is what I always say, and we proceeded to re-label all anodised aluminium because of a price change. Twi made us some lovely sandwiches for lunch when we discovered it was already half past one in the afternoon, and I even bought some more rings (rubber and aluminium) for a bracelet for an adopted sister of my mother's. I also picked up some ergonomically-sound pliers for my maille weaving efforts and a very inspiring book on rubber ringed jewelry.
At three pm I pacekd my bag, which was now quite stuffed, and took the 170 bus towards Rotterdam Noord station. From there-on, it was an easy switch at Rotterdam and fifteen frantic minutes of opening rings in the train to get to Den Haag. But I had forgotten to check at which bus stop I'd have to get out, so I phoned Alhandra to make sure. Her instructions were clear and thanks to a map the bus driver had on him I could connect the dots between the bus stop, the direction which Alhandra had told me to go in, and the street names.
I've been having a bad case of half-preparations lately. Either I forget to see how to get from my bus stop to my destination, or I scribble down which bus to take but not where to get out.
Alhandra's party was more heaps o'fun with many Maerquin roleplayers present. We laughed a lot, shared larp experiences and ate cake or brownie. Alhandra really went through a lot of trouble for munchies and tea and cookies and whatnot, and I guess with hungry larpers you can never have too much, but I wouldn't be surprised if she had a little something left over.
It was definitely very good to talk to Indewarrus, who plays Victor on Maerquin, and as I see it we "straightened out" what had happened between Victor and Marianne on the bar night. It was really good to see him, even if he was there only for a very short time and our personalities are either fire vs water or air vs earth most of the time. I'm not sure which is my base element -- chinese zodiac says water, but I fancy earth some of the time -- but yesterday we were both happy to see one another and we were water floating on the air... or some such.
Michael and Willemijn offered me a ride to a station and ended up driving me all the way to the trainstation where I'd parked my bike. To be true, it was on their route, but I was very glad they did as it saved me a dark train trip that is always just too short for any serious chainmailing.
After I got home I heated the tomato soup and nasi that needed eating or tossing out, and sat with a pot of peppermint tea on the couch. The kittens cuddled up in my lap and next to me, glad to see a humanly face at home, and I dispensed cuddles, trying not to favour one over the other. Of course, just as soon as I finished the soup Dusty ran off, making space for my book.
Today is blissfully empty, and since the quilt fabrics arrived I will probably spend most of my day cutting out more triangles. It's high time to strike some things off that to-do list.
Also: Happy Chinese New Year!
At nine-thirty I realised I still needed to grab my things together, check the route and address of
alhandra_s etc.etc.haste/panic/etc. It was a little later than planned when I left the house, taking care to remember to feed and water the kitties (NoKey normally does this, so I might have forgotten it).Of course the weather was ghastly. Freezing temperatures, still snow on the roads in most places (it's snowing now) and a wind that made it a very bad thing to be cycling much. Luckily my planning would take me to the station and see from there. I hopped onto the 10.25 am bus towards
steelweaver, having had enough time at the station to help out a rather clueless couple who were baffled by the ticket vending machine. In any case, though I arrived later than planned, Steelweaver and Twilightbanana were happy to see me and I presented Steelweaver with her birthday gifts. One can never have too much tea, is what I always say, and we proceeded to re-label all anodised aluminium because of a price change. Twi made us some lovely sandwiches for lunch when we discovered it was already half past one in the afternoon, and I even bought some more rings (rubber and aluminium) for a bracelet for an adopted sister of my mother's. I also picked up some ergonomically-sound pliers for my maille weaving efforts and a very inspiring book on rubber ringed jewelry.
At three pm I pacekd my bag, which was now quite stuffed, and took the 170 bus towards Rotterdam Noord station. From there-on, it was an easy switch at Rotterdam and fifteen frantic minutes of opening rings in the train to get to Den Haag. But I had forgotten to check at which bus stop I'd have to get out, so I phoned Alhandra to make sure. Her instructions were clear and thanks to a map the bus driver had on him I could connect the dots between the bus stop, the direction which Alhandra had told me to go in, and the street names.
I've been having a bad case of half-preparations lately. Either I forget to see how to get from my bus stop to my destination, or I scribble down which bus to take but not where to get out.
Alhandra's party was more heaps o'fun with many Maerquin roleplayers present. We laughed a lot, shared larp experiences and ate cake or brownie. Alhandra really went through a lot of trouble for munchies and tea and cookies and whatnot, and I guess with hungry larpers you can never have too much, but I wouldn't be surprised if she had a little something left over.
It was definitely very good to talk to Indewarrus, who plays Victor on Maerquin, and as I see it we "straightened out" what had happened between Victor and Marianne on the bar night. It was really good to see him, even if he was there only for a very short time and our personalities are either fire vs water or air vs earth most of the time. I'm not sure which is my base element -- chinese zodiac says water, but I fancy earth some of the time -- but yesterday we were both happy to see one another and we were water floating on the air... or some such.
Michael and Willemijn offered me a ride to a station and ended up driving me all the way to the trainstation where I'd parked my bike. To be true, it was on their route, but I was very glad they did as it saved me a dark train trip that is always just too short for any serious chainmailing.
After I got home I heated the tomato soup and nasi that needed eating or tossing out, and sat with a pot of peppermint tea on the couch. The kittens cuddled up in my lap and next to me, glad to see a humanly face at home, and I dispensed cuddles, trying not to favour one over the other. Of course, just as soon as I finished the soup Dusty ran off, making space for my book.
Today is blissfully empty, and since the quilt fabrics arrived I will probably spend most of my day cutting out more triangles. It's high time to strike some things off that to-do list.
Also: Happy Chinese New Year!
