Monolith

Ok, so I lied. I was gone for a good bit again. But I've just been so busy!

For starters, there was a lot of rain around these parts last week, and you may have heard about some places flooding. Well, Providence (where the Canal Boat is) flooded. Wednesday last week I went into work and the boat crew was all like "Hey, the water keeps getting higher!". Eh, not a big deal... until I get home and find out that the Maumee River isn't supposed to crest till late Thursday/early Friday. Anyway, I end up going into work at the boat on Thurs... only to find out that I'm an hour early because our staff meeting got canceled, and that doesn't even matter because the boat's been closed due to high water. Great, 45 min drive to work for nothing.

I made the best of the situation though. I drove across the river to Grand Rapids and got myself a disposable camera to take some photos of the flooding with. Spent 2 hours at the park that morning taking pics, and got some good ones too. There's this one of a 5 foot log just floating down the Orange Trail.... made me laugh when I saw it ;)

In other news, I was up in Jackson MI last weekend at a civil war encampment. This one I actually stayed overnight at, so that was a first for me. I've been going to Jackson for the past 3 years, but becoming part of the encampment gives you a different side of things.

I got there on Sat. with all my stuff and found the 9th KY, which is the group I'm joining. Since I drove up there in my everyday clothes I had to get changed into my dress and all in the car. Let me tell you, putting on a corset in the front seat of a car is NOT an easy task. After I got dressed most of the day was spent hanging out and talking to visitors to the encampment.

Sat. night was really something to look forward to, there was a Ball! Now, as someone who never went to a dance at all, the Ball was something else new and fun. I danced a few rounds with another newbie to reenacting, Aysah (no idea if I spelled that right) and ended the evening by waltzing with C.C. Good times, good times. (C.C. was also kind enough to lent me a wool blanket that evening... it got colder then I expected)

The only downside of the weekend in Jackson was that I didn't put on sunblock. Yeah, I know... I'm an idiot. I ended up with an unpleasant sunburn on the left side of my face that is now peeling, while the right side just looks a bit tanner then normal. It kinda makes me fee l like TwoFace. Better then looking like a boiled lobster though ;)

So between the flooding, other work, and the encampment, I've been keeping fairly busy. Got a few new books I'd like to read soon, but I'll get to that when I have time.

I'd promise to write again soon, but we all know how that'll turn out. Instead I shall leave you with a quote from the boat.

"Yeah, sarcasm on it's own can be bad enough, but sarcasm with Jazz Hands? That just totally owns."