Roadtrip to Kingdom University
Nov. 7th, 2024 09:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kareinaThis was a busy week at work. Normally I manage to work from home at least one day a week, but this week I had meetings every day, plus picking up my new glasses on Tuesday and getting my hearing aids adjusted on Wednesday. Well not Friday. Friday is a vacation day for the road trip.
We did most of the packing Wednesday evening, getting the clothes into one chest, transferring the accessories form its usual chest to a smaller one, and double checking that the feast gear box is packed correctly.
I had thought to do a little more event prep on Wednesday. But the US election results were out, and I was feeling worried enough for my friends and family there that I spent the evening on the couch reading and trying not to think about the real world.
This morning (Thursday) I woke at 03:30 to use the toilet and realised that I was feeling awake enough to do a short workout, so I did, fully expecting to go back to sleep after, as we didn't need to get up till 05:30.
Then I remembered that I had planned to change out the bulky sticks (tree branches, 2 to 3 cm diameter) I had used for handles for the signs with pictures of my characters for the play I had performed for the Norrskensbard contest. Keldor found some smaller sticks, only 9 mm in diameter that I could use. With three people in a car for the road trip having the signs take less space would be a good thing. (I had emailed the Kingdom uni event stewards to ask if they would like the play performed during the feast, and they said yes).
So after my workout I cut the tape from the signs to open them, removed the big sticks, put in the small ones, taped them shut again, and transferred the numbers from the handles, to the new sticks. By the time I was done with that it was getting much closer to time to get up, so I decided I may as well pack lunch and get ready to go.
Then I could have gone back to bed for 10 minutes, but on the way to the bedroom my nose told me that one of the cats had done something particularly unpleasant smelling in the litter box. So I used the time to empty the box, at which point Keldor was getting up.
So I ate breakfast and he walked me to the bus stop, which he could do because he had a work course Fire saftey, which they need to do on a regular basis), and it didn't start till 08:00.
After my morning meeting I could have taken a 10 minute nap before the next one, and I even went downstairs to the "vilorummet", but it was already occupied. So nap.
My final meeting ended early enough that I was able to take an early bus home, getting there at 14:10. I had reached a good breaking point in work as the bus got near, so I flexed out the rest of the day and got to work on the last things.
By 18:00 I had:
I felt pretty good about that, as it was everything I wanted to have done before leaving . By that time Keldor was home, and quickly packed his modem clothes. Then Þórólfr arrived, we loaded the car, I built a nest in the back seat, and we started driving.
I slept the first hour, then woke to use a toilet at Umeå. I tried going back to sleep, but didn't, so I typed this instead. Now we are south of Örnsköldsvik.
Google Maps says that if we don't stop we can be on stie at 07:30. We will stop. We have to be there early enough to change clothes before Þórólfr needs to report to the Crown to prepare for Friday evenings court. I think we can manage that.
Now I am tired again, so I will see if I can sleep some more before it is my trurn to drive.
We did most of the packing Wednesday evening, getting the clothes into one chest, transferring the accessories form its usual chest to a smaller one, and double checking that the feast gear box is packed correctly.
I had thought to do a little more event prep on Wednesday. But the US election results were out, and I was feeling worried enough for my friends and family there that I spent the evening on the couch reading and trying not to think about the real world.
This morning (Thursday) I woke at 03:30 to use the toilet and realised that I was feeling awake enough to do a short workout, so I did, fully expecting to go back to sleep after, as we didn't need to get up till 05:30.
Then I remembered that I had planned to change out the bulky sticks (tree branches, 2 to 3 cm diameter) I had used for handles for the signs with pictures of my characters for the play I had performed for the Norrskensbard contest. Keldor found some smaller sticks, only 9 mm in diameter that I could use. With three people in a car for the road trip having the signs take less space would be a good thing. (I had emailed the Kingdom uni event stewards to ask if they would like the play performed during the feast, and they said yes).
So after my workout I cut the tape from the signs to open them, removed the big sticks, put in the small ones, taped them shut again, and transferred the numbers from the handles, to the new sticks. By the time I was done with that it was getting much closer to time to get up, so I decided I may as well pack lunch and get ready to go.
Then I could have gone back to bed for 10 minutes, but on the way to the bedroom my nose told me that one of the cats had done something particularly unpleasant smelling in the litter box. So I used the time to empty the box, at which point Keldor was getting up.
So I ate breakfast and he walked me to the bus stop, which he could do because he had a work course Fire saftey, which they need to do on a regular basis), and it didn't start till 08:00.
After my morning meeting I could have taken a 10 minute nap before the next one, and I even went downstairs to the "vilorummet", but it was already occupied. So nap.
My final meeting ended early enough that I was able to take an early bus home, getting there at 14:10. I had reached a good breaking point in work as the bus got near, so I flexed out the rest of the day and got to work on the last things.
By 18:00 I had:
- Baked a "smulpaj" with the last of the homemade vanilla sauce and som frozen raspberries
- Baked a mix of rice porridge, eggs, spinach, kale, nettles, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, flaxseed, sesame seeds, mushroom powder and spices.
- Cleaned the kitchen
- Packed sewing projects
- Packed modern clothes
- Packed pillows and sheets
- Packed the banners
- Packed the ice chest, except for the new baked stuff, which was still warm, so I just put them in plastic boxes, and set both the ice chest and the boxes between the inner and outer doors so they would be cold while waiting.
- Packed a small chest with knives for sale (there is no official market at the event, but...)
- Took out the trash, compost, and emptied the litter box
- Did my yoga for day
- Washed my hair
- Oiled my boots.
I felt pretty good about that, as it was everything I wanted to have done before leaving . By that time Keldor was home, and quickly packed his modem clothes. Then Þórólfr arrived, we loaded the car, I built a nest in the back seat, and we started driving.
I slept the first hour, then woke to use a toilet at Umeå. I tried going back to sleep, but didn't, so I typed this instead. Now we are south of Örnsköldsvik.
Google Maps says that if we don't stop we can be on stie at 07:30. We will stop. We have to be there early enough to change clothes before Þórólfr needs to report to the Crown to prepare for Friday evenings court. I think we can manage that.
Now I am tired again, so I will see if I can sleep some more before it is my trurn to drive.