Alaska Trip, part I of (x)
Jun. 27th, 2019 11:47 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
madbakerA series of short(ish) musings about the trip.
One of the main reasons for our going was my stepping down as Kingdom Exchequer after year 3 of a two-year term. I planned to step down in morning court for two reasons: the semi-silly one of Being DoneTM *, and the more prosaic one of my successor being in charge of the event, so he deserved to have the title. I had gotten the okay from the royalty and signed up on the list. However, the morning court wound up and they hadn't called me in. So I ran around back and urgently asked about my business. "Oh, we're doing that this evening," was the response. (Mind you, no one had asked or informed me of this.) "Unless you really need it now..." And my immediate "I really need it now." So they re-opened court and did my stepdown. Sheesh.
I had bought a very nice bottle of Scotch to share with Etaine when we both were no longer in the job (that I had optimistically labelled "June '18"). The maker was Blair Athol, who I had never heard of but came recommended by the shop. It was a very nice, smooth, happily-warming, not peaty or smoky Scotch that appealed to most people. So it was a good choice for mass consumption. The bottle was almost completely gone by Sunday morning - which was the point. I didn't get drunk or hungover as I drank lots of water while alternating sips.
The stress bar across my shoulders isn't magically gone, but it is lower.
* But also a totally true one.
One of the main reasons for our going was my stepping down as Kingdom Exchequer after year 3 of a two-year term. I planned to step down in morning court for two reasons: the semi-silly one of Being DoneTM *, and the more prosaic one of my successor being in charge of the event, so he deserved to have the title. I had gotten the okay from the royalty and signed up on the list. However, the morning court wound up and they hadn't called me in. So I ran around back and urgently asked about my business. "Oh, we're doing that this evening," was the response. (Mind you, no one had asked or informed me of this.) "Unless you really need it now..." And my immediate "I really need it now." So they re-opened court and did my stepdown. Sheesh.
I had bought a very nice bottle of Scotch to share with Etaine when we both were no longer in the job (that I had optimistically labelled "June '18"). The maker was Blair Athol, who I had never heard of but came recommended by the shop. It was a very nice, smooth, happily-warming, not peaty or smoky Scotch that appealed to most people. So it was a good choice for mass consumption. The bottle was almost completely gone by Sunday morning - which was the point. I didn't get drunk or hungover as I drank lots of water while alternating sips.
The stress bar across my shoulders isn't magically gone, but it is lower.
* But also a totally true one.
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Date: 2019-06-27 07:07 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-06-27 07:26 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-06-28 12:19 am (UTC)After you asked for morning court. After you signed up. After you'd gotten the Ok from Royalty.
What the fuck is wrong with people?
Anyway congrats on your freedom.
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Date: 2019-06-28 12:50 am (UTC)Good thing I insisted; evening court went almost An Tir-length.
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Date: 2019-06-30 03:45 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-07-01 06:14 pm (UTC):-D
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Date: 2019-07-01 08:47 pm (UTC)