Nora watch

[winterbadger]

Very good news! N actually got *hungry* yesterday and _ordered Chinese food_. And ate it! And was happy! As I was saying to her later on the phone, I could recall exactly the point in the flu when I was able to actually eat a handful of saltines: they tasted like ambrosia. And then, a day or two later, they stopped tasting like anything but slightly stale, tasteless crackers, and I knew I had (mostly) recovered.

So she's doing a lot better, though nowhere near recovered yet. And that, in turn, means I'm much happier.

I'm also enjoying chatting with Karl M (vikingcat), one of N's very dearest friends and (yay!) a fellow wargamer. Turns out I may have found someone to play Downtown with, a game I've owned for a while because it covered a topic I was interested in learning more about, but which I haven't yet had a chance to play.

In other news, my reenacting unit is having it's annual meeting today, so redactrice and I are trekking up to Baltimore to attend. This is probably not going to be a really happy event, as our primary impression (Highland Scots infantry of the French and Indian and Revolutionary Wars) has been hemorrhaging members over the last few years, to the point that most of us still doing it are thinking of decamping to another, larger group. Chris is taking a sabbatical from reenacting anyway, to spend more time with shy_kat and do more things that they share an interest in. The group the lads are thinking of moving off to is, in fact, an offshoot of our group (Muskets of the Crown --warning! site plays electronic bagpipe music!) that's based out of eastern PA. Chris and I were members of that group as well for a little while and have several friends there. If I end up with them, I'll have to wear a funny hat and *gasp* shave off the beard when I'm out with them.

Comments

[winterbadger]

We have discussed that. :-) She has asked for pictures. :-) She has, of course, the casting vote. It's not like I actually *enjoy* running around in the middle of summer wearing a wool coat anyway ;-)

I do, seriously, need to cut back on hobbies. Wargaming, reenacting, and playing/watching soccer take up a lot of my free time, and I prefer to share as many of my pastimes as possible with my SO (since, whoever that is, I'd rather be with her than doing any of those other things by myself). Wargaming is probably never going to be one of those shared hobbies, no matter who I'm with (though I've never dated a military analyst before...) Reenacting was fun when I was with someone who enjoyed camping and it was something we could do together. If I'm going to be with someone who is more sports oriented but is not a "sleeping on the ground all weekend" person, sports may be the thing that gets more of my time.

And moving to this other group would require a not-inconsequential investment in new kit (they use a different tartan, I'd really need to get a new coat at this point, and I'd need to get my furry hat back from them). I have a feeling that it may be time for me to hang up my musket, at least for a few years.

BTW, you know I'm now going to expect you to look like Peter Sellers? ;-)

[shy-kat.livejournal.com]

It's not like I actually *enjoy* running around in the middle of summer wearing a wool coat anyway


Then why on Earth have you been doing it for the past ten years! ;-)

[winterbadger]

Camraderie? Love of history? The fun of playing soldier? The fun of making things go boom? All stuff that's well enough in its place but that, after ten years begins to pall a little bit when it means spending one's weekend (the time when one is supposedly relaxing from work) getting totally exhausted, just in time for it to be Monday morning. I've spent an awful lot of Friday nights driving home from western PA with a car full of dirty clothes, dirty weapons, and sometimes even wet canvas, totally frazzled and half-asleep, hoping that I can be a bit late in to work in the morning. It might be nice to have a bit of a break from that.

[vikingcat.livejournal.com]

BTW, you know I'm now going to expect you to look like Peter Sellers?

I think you should prepare to be disappointed. :-)

[winterbadger]

Fair enough. :-) Right now I'm so happy that even if you look *nothing* like Peter Sellers I will probably be able to make it through somehow. :-)