Bye bye Kelsey
Sep. 8th, 2008 09:25 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
norsegirlIt's been an eventful weekend
Friday we did all the appointments. Doctor's visit for the hubby and I. Chiropractic for me. Vet for puppies (they hated that).
Saturday we said goodbye to Kelsey. I'm really going to miss that little ball of fluff. She was incredibly time-consuming and always up to no good, but in those rare, quiet moments when she was tired and snugly she was really great. I know we did the right thing, but it still hurt. We then wasted the rest of Saturday morning sitting around feeling sad.
We finally left for the event in Bitter End very late in the afternoon. We didn't participate in much. Just set up a make-shift merchanting booth at one end of the parking lot and managed to get rid of a fair amount of old fabric I wasn't in love with any more. We still have some left. I might try to talk Kalira into bringing it to tavern or something, or I might just toss is in a Salvation Army donation box so I don't have to carry it. After selling what we could we ate feast, sat through court (Vik and Inga are banning tricorn hats - LOL) and made a brief appearance at the bardic circle. The bardic circle was, um, uncomfortable. It wasn't really THAT late yet, but everyone was singing lewd songs and smoking and there were still children present. I sang a single not-lewd song, which actually seemed to scare people away from the fire (I guess family-friendly songs spoil the mood?) and then decided to take my leave. By the time I left the site the fire had re-populated, so I guess it's a good thing that I didn't completely kill it. I went inside to the merchant area and sang a handful of songs for Thorgir (he had requested I do so) and then left my last Avacalian event. Or rather, the last one I will attend with my husband. I do intend on coming to the THUA in town on my own, but I will probably leave before dinner so I can get home to the puppies, so it won't be the same.
Sunday we pretty much just wasted. I had grand plans of getting all kinds of cleaning and sorting done, but we mostly just sat around and chilled. The beagles have been unconscious since Kelsey left, so I think they needed the rest too. I did get around to converting all my money into USD. We still had a few weeks to do it, but as our dollar kept getting worse and worse I figured I should just get it over with. Of course I got a terrible rate and this morning it has already started to improve. I hate making big decisions like that and I hate that I'm almost always wrong when I do. Ah well, it's done now. We did spend some time Sunday afternoon and evening reviewing the houses I had shortlisted. There's lots of choices out there and it doesn't look like we'll have to break the bank to make this happen. On one hand I'd like to post and share the ones I've found that I really like. On the other hand I don't want to jinx it :) We're a mere 3 weeks away from flying down there and looking at them in person and I am extremely excited about it. I'm about to turn my whole world upside-down and it just thrills me! Also, the closer we get to this, the more confident I am that I can make this work, no matter what gets thrown at me.
Have waited a while to post and the Canadian dollar seems to have slipped a bit, so I'm feeling a bit better about that now.
Friday we did all the appointments. Doctor's visit for the hubby and I. Chiropractic for me. Vet for puppies (they hated that).
Saturday we said goodbye to Kelsey. I'm really going to miss that little ball of fluff. She was incredibly time-consuming and always up to no good, but in those rare, quiet moments when she was tired and snugly she was really great. I know we did the right thing, but it still hurt. We then wasted the rest of Saturday morning sitting around feeling sad.
We finally left for the event in Bitter End very late in the afternoon. We didn't participate in much. Just set up a make-shift merchanting booth at one end of the parking lot and managed to get rid of a fair amount of old fabric I wasn't in love with any more. We still have some left. I might try to talk Kalira into bringing it to tavern or something, or I might just toss is in a Salvation Army donation box so I don't have to carry it. After selling what we could we ate feast, sat through court (Vik and Inga are banning tricorn hats - LOL) and made a brief appearance at the bardic circle. The bardic circle was, um, uncomfortable. It wasn't really THAT late yet, but everyone was singing lewd songs and smoking and there were still children present. I sang a single not-lewd song, which actually seemed to scare people away from the fire (I guess family-friendly songs spoil the mood?) and then decided to take my leave. By the time I left the site the fire had re-populated, so I guess it's a good thing that I didn't completely kill it. I went inside to the merchant area and sang a handful of songs for Thorgir (he had requested I do so) and then left my last Avacalian event. Or rather, the last one I will attend with my husband. I do intend on coming to the THUA in town on my own, but I will probably leave before dinner so I can get home to the puppies, so it won't be the same.
Sunday we pretty much just wasted. I had grand plans of getting all kinds of cleaning and sorting done, but we mostly just sat around and chilled. The beagles have been unconscious since Kelsey left, so I think they needed the rest too. I did get around to converting all my money into USD. We still had a few weeks to do it, but as our dollar kept getting worse and worse I figured I should just get it over with. Of course I got a terrible rate and this morning it has already started to improve. I hate making big decisions like that and I hate that I'm almost always wrong when I do. Ah well, it's done now. We did spend some time Sunday afternoon and evening reviewing the houses I had shortlisted. There's lots of choices out there and it doesn't look like we'll have to break the bank to make this happen. On one hand I'd like to post and share the ones I've found that I really like. On the other hand I don't want to jinx it :) We're a mere 3 weeks away from flying down there and looking at them in person and I am extremely excited about it. I'm about to turn my whole world upside-down and it just thrills me! Also, the closer we get to this, the more confident I am that I can make this work, no matter what gets thrown at me.
Have waited a while to post and the Canadian dollar seems to have slipped a bit, so I'm feeling a bit better about that now.
