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Exercise: walking on the beach

A lovely, mostly useless-but-spent-in-the-pleasant-company-of-friends kind of day. We rose at our usual midmorning hour, and Ken eventually went off to Thousand Oaks to get new bike tires. I got more Yule presents ready (say nothing, or face my ire) as well as a birthday present. Folks came over to look at stuff we have for sale, and we got rid of one washing machine. (We still have one washer to go, plus the third person in line for the elliptical trainer will actually get a chance. If anyone else needs a washing machine, let me know.)

Then it was off to a friend’s birthday party, which her family had organized at a restaurant. Yummy Italian food (and leftovers were forced upon us!) and much fun. After that, Morgana and Brian; an SCA newcomer, Catherine; and the two of us went for a stroll on the beach. (My plan. I really, really needed some gentle exercise, fresh air, and ocean.) Catherine followed us home, and Morgana and Brian joined us after running an errand. Talking, talking…finally ordering Chinese food… (I think I’ve eaten at least 5 times today…) Finally we curled up and watched a DVD of Duke Guillaume’s 40th birthday trip to England, where they staged a tournament in Chepstow Castle. (Morgana and Brian went to the tournament; our Mynydd Gwyn friend Maredudd was there as well.) It was a gorgeously done DVD, chronicling their entire trip. Which was also a little odd, because with the exception of one castle, everywhere they went was places we had been. (And Mynydd Gwyn, including us, was part of a demo at Chepstow Castle.) So now I’m a little maudlin and homesick for my Cymru, and all of Britain. sniff. I wanna go back.

Tomorrow I’m off to a friend’s daughter’s menarche celebration, which will probably take a good chunk of the day. Oh bugger, that reminds me, I still have to write a poem for her. Okay, off to do that now.