Miasmatic Review

Weekend in review.

Sorry, I haven’t been around. It’s been a busy weekend for me. Friday night I went to an Ice Hog’s game. They are a local minor league hockey team. I’m not a fan of hockey, I just wanted to go hang with some friends and drink beer. Which we did, we ended up leaving the boring game early and went to a bar to harass a co-worker that bartends there. Ahh, good times!

Saturday the family and I day tripped it to Fort Obie, a re-enactment in Colona Illinois. IT was a nice little event. All week I had my doubts about going, I wasn’t feeling the best and all. Ktreva kept being adamant about our going. Come to find out that she custom ordered a knife for me in August with the agreement she’d pick it up at Fort Obie. Then the River Scum finally convinced me to attempt to join the ONW (Old Northwest Company). It’s a loosely organized group of re-enactors. I’m actually pretty honored they wanted me. I’m not a member yet, there are steps one has to follow in order to become a member, but I’m on my way.

Sunday we went and visited Tammi for some Football and conversation. True to her nature, she refused to just let us munch on chips and frozen pizza while watching the game. She made her legendary Mexican Manicotti, had some appetizers and then she even made a pie from scratch, a peanut butter pie. People, that had to be one of, if not the best pies I’ve had. It was absolutely delicious! If you ever get a chance to try it, you’d be a fool not to.

Sunday night I ended up going over to a friend’s house to watch the Oakland Vs Denver game. Monday night I was back over there for the Bears Vs. Cardinals game. If any of you turned off that game before the end, you missed one hell of a game. It started out boring, but it turned real good in the fourth quarter. The Bears squeaked out a win due to the grace of their defense.

Monday was Boss’ day as well. My unit actually went out of their way to get me a card and a gift certificate for a nice restaurant in town. I don’t take gift getting too well, so they really loved watching me turn beet red in embarrassment. They were still talking about it today.

Tonight I have to pack for Trail of History. It’s our last re-enactment of the season. Both Ktreva and I love this event and look forward to it every year. The thing we don’t like about this event is that it is the last event of our season. That means it will be six months before we are able to see some of our friends again. Due to my health this year, I’m not going to participate in the battle. I’m even thinking of not bringing my musket.

It’s supposed to be cold and rainy with a chance of snow. We kind of figured that was going to happen, this event is taking place later in the year than normal. It always takes place the third full weekend of October. That usually means it’s usually around Oct 16-18. Since October first fell on a Sunday, it’s happening the 21 and 22. I’m really glad my demonstration is distilling. It’s hard to get too cold keeping a fire going under a large copper still.