Tridently Yours...

This past Saturday, Y.T. had the very great joy of attending the Barony of Darkwater's Trident Tourney - the occasion wherein the Old Baronial Nobles (hereinafter OBN) get offed and the New Baronial Nobles (hereinafter NBN) get Beaned with the Shiny Hats of Doom.

The OBN were members of my Clan, and so it was both quite delightful to see them under those hats, AND a relief to see them out from UNDER those hats....

The NBN are also dear friends, so anyway you look at it - BatGirl wins :) And did NOT the NBN look mightily wonderful in their garb? Y.T.'s dear friends Ramon and Elaine helped make it and the garb verily glowed.

And...the WAY BIG GOOD NEWS. Dearest Arsalon get knighted at Trident. Arsalon, for those of you who may not know him, is one of the lovliest persons I know - he has , in his heart, been a true Knight for quite some time and it elevated YT to tears to see this internal truth confirmed externally with Chain, Spurs and Belt. His Excellency Sir Arsalon INDEED!

Then there was the fencing - YT suckethed yea verily, in that I lost all my bouts, but Much Big Fun was had and all the other fencers made a point of giving me encouragement and complimenting my techniques -even the ones that made me lose...Apparently, I look GREAT as I die. LOL

The best news of course, was that the plackett belt I bought is now TOO BIG for me and two placketts have to be removed (thankyou Bryndis for the Accurate Math!!!). My bowflex is my best friend and I am actually starting to NOT hate all photographs taken of me. Yay.

Much excellent thankyous must be given to the Lovely SheepyOne, the Countess of Cool, the Laurel of Love, who at Great Personal Risk to herself, fetched for us the Platonic Ideal of chocolate covered Cherries from the Northern Shores of the Midrealm. Yea, doth the Excellent One Rocketh!!!!

The Turtle and Norseboy also get, again, my Undying Love and Gratitude for the Stepping UP they did on my behalf...you dear gentlemen insist always in revising my estimate of you and your combined chivalry upwards....

And there was the obligatory tweaking of NorseBoy, which he took with the same good grace (get it..grace...get it?) and ... unique... good humor he always does. Remember son, it's Arabian foals or you are stuck playing cards!

Anyway, off to accomplish MORE sewing and MORE weight training as I now have all those cherries to work off..

Hugs and snuggles,
Alysoun