well, people have complained about no new rants (thank you - i am NOT complaining. it's nice to know they're missed.) so i thought i'd take a few precious moments (hur hur hur) to let everyone know what's up.
the rennfaire starts on saturday - AAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! ok, ok, breathe girl, breathe.... i have been so busty - haha ha, BUSY (busty too, my bodice looks GREAT - thanks jen!) that i haven't had time to be too freaked out... until yesterday or so. i cannot even BEGIN to list all that i've been doing to prepare for this, but i tell you what, if anybody EVER calls me lazy* EVER again, i am gonna think back on this last few months and then SOCK 'EM IN THE SCHNOZ! :)
on top of all that, i have an art show opening on the day after the faire closes**. normally i would have said no to ANYTHING (except maybe vin diesel) during the final heat of faire season, but my good friend carol lynne came to me about a month ago and said that Steps to Hope (the same folks i did the "lecture" for - the center for aiding the victims of domestic abuse) was offered a space in which to promote the shelter and the work they do there. she asked if i could help design the show and if i would put some of my pertinent art and writing in the show. i couldn't - wouldn't - say no to that. or vin diesel. :)
i'm unbelievably busy, my personal life is non-existent (what's new. sheesh. :) i don't even really have time to rant or moo!, but hey - I'M BUSY! I DON'T HAVE TIME TO RANT OR MOO! yay, me! and yay, all of y'all, too. :) thing is, i have no shortage of things to do, i am using ALL of my skills and abilities, and best of all, i am helping people. i feel like i have been blessed with more than one grand (and fun) opportunity to devote myself, my time and my gifts to my truest, deepest purpose. until recently, i wasn't even sure what that was, but i am beginning to get a clue.
our charities for this faire are two homes for children that have been removed from their own homes because of violence, abuse, neglect, or abandonment. Presbyterian Home for Children and Elida Home for Children. i definitely don't follow any of the true traditional religious doctrines, but i DO believe in fate and destiny and that everything has a purpose and a reason, that the universe is a very finely tuned and complex machine/organism/being/
THINGY(god. :), and that i have a place in that - a responsibility to that. and i just need to feel that i can make a difference, that i AM
making a difference - and THIS is the place where i want to make a difference. to these kids.
wish us all luck, and i promise, when this is all over, i will come back to bugging y'all with my opinions, gripes and "whees!" with annoying regularity.
much love,
-sam



*this includes me, too. though i probably wouldn't hit myself in the nose. i'd probably just berate myself soundly. maybe send me to my room.
**lazy, no. insane, yes.