rynne | Man, I feel like a Rennie

*looks at subject* *is utter geek*

I am about to fall in my bed and die a little death. And yes, it is 9:30. And yes, I do normally go to bed six hours later than this.

Last night, I got a grand total of two and a half hours of sleep. And then I went and drove people up a mountain, forty-five minutes in a car in a ton of smoke because there was another forest fire, on that same two and a half hours of sleep. I got up at 5:30, laced myself into that blasted bodice where I couldn't bend over or breathre properly, and went up to Truckee to entertain a bunch of middle schoolers.

Yes, on two and a half hours of sleep.

*is insane*

But a fun sort of insane. Because it was fun. Well, somewhat--and the party afterwards was definitely fun. Trying to keep two hundred seventh graders from killing themselves and/or each other from first staffs and then padded swords is actually rather tedious. Six hours of that--or rather, maybe five and a half, as there was lunch sometime in there.

But it was all worth it, because I got paid for doing it. Forty dollars. And I thought I would just be volunteering--no paying involved. And then I end up with forty bucks for helping babysit two hundred seventh graders for six hours (definitely worth it, as I didn't think I'd be getting paid at all).

But it was after school was over that I started really having fun--we went over to the house of the woman who's been hosting this whole mini-RenFaire thing, and who played Mary Queen of Scots. Yes, the RenFaire-thingy was a Scottish RenFaire-thingy. And there were kilts. And it was nice, especially with the younger men. Mmm, kilts. *winks at

thistlerose*

So all of us who were the actual staff or whatever went back to her house for a party, and dude, it was fun. I've never had so much fun at a party which mostly adults before

And I got a Rennie name--Mary Minerva. There were four of us girls from the Reno swordfighting class, and all of us were dubbed "Mary (some Greek/Roman goddess)", and I got dubbed Mary Minerva because Minerva's the Roman goddess of wisdom and all that. I think it was because I was reading a book while they were discussing Rennie names (So You Want to Be a Wizard :D).

But I really feel like a Rennie now, and that's just the coolest thing ever. I'm friends with people on the Faire circuit, I have a Rennie name, a Rennie costume, am expected to go to more Faires and be part of the Western Circle there. I've wanted to be a Rennie ever since I read Bedlam's Bard, and now I'm really on my way to becoming one, and I love it. *channels more Eric Banyon* (if anyone besides

terredancer gets the reference, I will heart you)

Anyway.
Things To Do:
1. Find lines for the remaining ~~six~~ two (!) people for the Shakespeare challenge (will do tomorrow as am about to fall asleep on keyboard)
2. Figure out how the digital camera works so I can upload pictures of me in my Rennie costume and show you all.
3. Which reminds me--must get film from Portland and Hawaii developed, and make an icon out of the happyface spider.
4. Finish replies to people from that blasted age coming-out post thingy (God, am so bad about replying to emails >.<)
5. FICS! Revise some, finish others, WRITE CHAPTER NINETEEN OF ONLY TIME
6. Coding. Blasted summer--with more free time comes more fics, and we're swamped. >.<

AND ACK I HAVE A SHIFT FOR EMENTORING RIGHT NOW! *hurries off to do that*

Good night!