I’m watching Tony Bourdain‘s A Cook’s Tour – it’s his TV series follow-up to his vastly entertaining book Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly. He’s visiting his childhood home in France, and it reminds me very much of the time I spent in France a decade or so ago. Nice memories.

Anyway, it’s been a nice, relatively quiet Sunday following an eventful Saturday.

Saturday was spent at the Tourney of Ymir, an SCA event. I dug through my old garb and managed to come up with a tunic and a pair of pants that wouldn’t get me laughed out of the event and got ready to go. Unfortunately, takaza still had a sinus infection, and a headache akin to a migraine that left him very sensitive to light. We agreed that it would be better for him to stay home and work on feeling better and maybe join us for dinner at Rob and Janet’s after the event.

Ymir was an absolute blast. It was a beautiful, clear, warm sunny day – just right to spend outside. I ran into many friends I hadn’t seen in years, got to hang out with Tracie and Jen, and re-establish contact with some good folks I haven’t talked to in too long, including a friend who blamed me for piquing his interest in furry and then disappearing 🙂 I’ll be looking him up again in the next few weeks, since he’s local. I need to send the URL’s for the ceremony pictures and this journal to several people, now that I think about it.

Dinner at Rob and Janet’s was nice, though I was tired after being out in the sun all day long. Fortunately, Takaza was feeling better and was able to join us. Quail pot pie, venison steaks, and other yummy goodies. It was all great, but I was pretty much falling asleep by the time dinner was over. Though it was night watching the Olympic mogul competition with people who actually knew something about it and were able to provide intelligent commentary (as opposed to what NBC provides).

Today was a slower start, a nice Sunday with light background music, the Sunday paper, and minimal rush. We had lunch with some old friends, then came back home and I took a nap while Takaza went out and did the week’s grocery shopping. Now, it’s a quiet night at home, doing some laundry, and catching up with the TiVo. Mmmm…domesticity…