So I was going to try to be all adult and responsible and not volunteer at the Des Moines Renaissance Faire this fall, and instead stay home and work and do homework. That resolution lasted until the day before faire started and I saw all my rennie friends on Facebook getting ready to head to either the Kansas City or Des Moines faires. So I shot off a last-minute email to the guy who runs the thing, asking if I could just stop by and work whenever I have time, and he said that was cool, so hooray! I won't be able to be there every day or anything, but I'll be there for two or three days, so that will give me my faire fix for a while at least. And I'm hoping to be able to go to KC the final weekend (Oct 16th & maybe 17th, depending on how I'm feeling), but I don't exactly have anyone to go with. E maybe kinda wants to go, but it's expensive, and he's cheap. I totally want to dress him up as a gypsy though. He would make an excellent one. I'm sure there will be people there who I know, but it's nice to have someone to drive down with, and to share a hotel or tent with.
School's going all right so far. Spanish class is kicking my ass. It seems like we just have so much homework. In fact, I should be working on that right now. I need to finish an assignment then study for a test I have to take tomorrow. I'm absolutely loving my new major though. I'm going to sound like a nerd here (uh, when don't I?), but holy crap I love linguistics. I'm so happy I switched from English. Even just two weeks in, I'm looking at language completely differently. It's so neat!
But back to what's actually on my mind these days. Fall is really the time I start jonesin' for faire. The smell of campfires and when it starts to get a little cooler at night just drives me crazy. It's bizarre, and I don't know that anyone who isn't really into faire could understand it. Or want to. They probably look at it like I look at people obsessed with sports.
