Of Boars and Fishies

[mightyjesse]

Boar's Head was fun, but crazy. I've discovered that if I don't look at the schedule BEFORE I GET ON SITE, I don't end up doing anything but running around visiting like a chicken with no head. And even though I didn't attend a single class, I STILL didn't manage to get all my visiting done. I had intended to sit down with Katriona to talk weaving, but we were together for no more than 3 minutes before Zig came to drag me off to a household induction. It was good and happy-making, since John seems to be a very talented and good sort, but I missed talking to Kat.

I totally got my bebe fix huffing Katie and Murdoch's baby Aurora while they broke down their merchanting booth. I just wish I could hold a baby without all the snarky comments about how "I'm a Natural."

Duh. I'm the oldest of 4 kids and my mom is STILL running a daycare out of her house. Even when my Mom personally ran out of babies, there were more babies for me to cart around. OF COURSE I CAN HOLD A BABY WITHOUT IT LOOKING AWKWARD. After you've held one while vacuuming, AND running a load of laundry, AND directing several toddlers not to fight - doing nothing but holding a kid is easy. Just because I know how to hold a munchkin properly does not mean that I'm trying to have one RIGHT NOW. Competence and desperation are NOT THE SAME, FOLKS. *RANT, RANT, RANT.*

While I was NOT holding Aurora, I was working on this fishy hat:


Which I didn't even get to finish... I wore it to work before I had the felt to make the eyes with and a lady I work with BOUGHT IT OFF MY HEAD SANS EYES. She has googley eyes at home that she will attach. She claims her husband is going to be totally jealous. I think he will be too if he has any taste... ;-)

Comments

[gwyneth1362.livejournal.com]

I wish I had had time to actually talk to you at the event. And if you and Katriona sit down to talk weaving, can I sit in? Pretty please?

The baby comment/question I always get is "Oh, are you getting your baby fix? How sweet." No baby fixes - I like kids, including babies. It doesn't automatically make me want one, or satisfy any "unsatisfied" maternal urges.

Love the hat.

[mightyjesse.livejournal.com]

Baby Huffing is a distinctly SEPARATE hobby from Baby Making. One can be a thoroughly invested Baby Huffer without being a member of the other group, and vice versa... Apparently, this is not a distinction that non-baby people make...