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May. 13th, 2007 11:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ocelotWe spent Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Whole Earth Festival. Not the whole day, but a large portion of all of them. ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
koyote ended up working at the main stage for much of it, and I did security there today. Which was fine - I mainly sat in the shade, took care of Beeb, and peoplewatched or talked with friends who walked by, occasionally telling people they couldn't walk through/set up camp in the backstage area. Only a few argued. I now have a free tie dye shirt.
Yesterday morning I tried to go to a birth talk with one of the local homebirth midwives, but she didn't show up and only one other person did. I went and found her at the midwifery booth and asked what was up, and she hadn't even known she was scheduled, so I went back to the tent to keep an eye out for any other interested people who might show up, but they didn't, so we talked one-on-one in the booth for a while instead. I got the impression she would happily have talked for hours. In fact, I was the one who broke off the conversation so she could get back to working the booth. I talked to her at WEF last year (when I was 20 weeks pregnant), and didn't get a great vibe from her then, but I did this time. Not sure what the difference was - different mindset on my part? That I'd shown myself as someone who was interested in birth beyond simply someone thinking about a homebirth? Better weather? In any case, I'm glad I had the experience, because she's really interesting and everyone whose had her as a midwife raves about her.
We got to seeessara_lemuroid and her husband and Zander again, which was nice, and which made Leif ecstatic. We'd told him that Zander might be there, so I was glad we didn't disappoint him! They play like puppies.
Also sawjenfullmoon and I think barelyproper, but she was over on the other side of the stage at the time so we didn't talk. And I got a chance to talk with one of the moms in the homeschooling group who I like but rarely get to talk to - turns out she lives a few blocks away from us, so I'm thinking we may need to start up some sort of playgroup, as there's now three of us in the group with ~4 year olds who live within about two blocks of eachother.
Leif made friends with the 8 year old daughter of the Karmaflage tie dye guy. She sang at the main stage a few times, and has a voice like you wouldn't believe - she doesn't sound like a kid while singing.
We shared the cookies I made with the raw food vendor, and they were impressed. Their chocolate was yummy.
I boughtkoyote a leatherbound notebook. It's rare I see something that jumps out at me as perfect for him, but these did. He got me a bag, which will hopefully work out as a diaper bag type thing. I wanted to get a necklace of some sort, but they didn't really have anything Beebsafe, so that will have to wait for another year.
We left around 5 today when Leif had a meltdown. He was asking for chocolate nuts, and we thought he meant a chocolate covered banana with nuts, as he'd had and enjoyed one on Friday. But he actually meant chocolate covered nuts, and burst into tears when he saw the banana. So I had to eat it. Poor me. We went home and he napped for several hours, which was problematic, as he got up again at about 9:30 or so. I'd been hoping he'd sleep through. He's still awake now, but happily watching Babar in the dark (which he won't do unless he's pretty tired), so I don't think it will be too much longer. On the other hand, he's sitting there singing the alphabet song and talking very wakily. I napped briefly too, or I'd be a whole lot grumpier about it than I am.
I had a nightmare last night that I couldn't shake. It wasn't scary so much as a numeration of all my personal failings. Hard to say "It was just a dream" when it's like that. Despite that, weapons practice went pretty well, though I was grumpy up until I ate lunch (which may have had more to do with forgetting to eat until 1PM than the dream).
koyote ended up working at the main stage for much of it, and I did security there today. Which was fine - I mainly sat in the shade, took care of Beeb, and peoplewatched or talked with friends who walked by, occasionally telling people they couldn't walk through/set up camp in the backstage area. Only a few argued. I now have a free tie dye shirt.Yesterday morning I tried to go to a birth talk with one of the local homebirth midwives, but she didn't show up and only one other person did. I went and found her at the midwifery booth and asked what was up, and she hadn't even known she was scheduled, so I went back to the tent to keep an eye out for any other interested people who might show up, but they didn't, so we talked one-on-one in the booth for a while instead. I got the impression she would happily have talked for hours. In fact, I was the one who broke off the conversation so she could get back to working the booth. I talked to her at WEF last year (when I was 20 weeks pregnant), and didn't get a great vibe from her then, but I did this time. Not sure what the difference was - different mindset on my part? That I'd shown myself as someone who was interested in birth beyond simply someone thinking about a homebirth? Better weather? In any case, I'm glad I had the experience, because she's really interesting and everyone whose had her as a midwife raves about her.
We got to see
essara_lemuroid and her husband and Zander again, which was nice, and which made Leif ecstatic. We'd told him that Zander might be there, so I was glad we didn't disappoint him! They play like puppies. Also saw
jenfullmoon and I think barelyproper, but she was over on the other side of the stage at the time so we didn't talk. And I got a chance to talk with one of the moms in the homeschooling group who I like but rarely get to talk to - turns out she lives a few blocks away from us, so I'm thinking we may need to start up some sort of playgroup, as there's now three of us in the group with ~4 year olds who live within about two blocks of eachother.Leif made friends with the 8 year old daughter of the Karmaflage tie dye guy. She sang at the main stage a few times, and has a voice like you wouldn't believe - she doesn't sound like a kid while singing.
We shared the cookies I made with the raw food vendor, and they were impressed. Their chocolate was yummy.
I bought
koyote a leatherbound notebook. It's rare I see something that jumps out at me as perfect for him, but these did. He got me a bag, which will hopefully work out as a diaper bag type thing. I wanted to get a necklace of some sort, but they didn't really have anything Beebsafe, so that will have to wait for another year.We left around 5 today when Leif had a meltdown. He was asking for chocolate nuts, and we thought he meant a chocolate covered banana with nuts, as he'd had and enjoyed one on Friday. But he actually meant chocolate covered nuts, and burst into tears when he saw the banana. So I had to eat it. Poor me. We went home and he napped for several hours, which was problematic, as he got up again at about 9:30 or so. I'd been hoping he'd sleep through. He's still awake now, but happily watching Babar in the dark (which he won't do unless he's pretty tired), so I don't think it will be too much longer. On the other hand, he's sitting there singing the alphabet song and talking very wakily. I napped briefly too, or I'd be a whole lot grumpier about it than I am.
I had a nightmare last night that I couldn't shake. It wasn't scary so much as a numeration of all my personal failings. Hard to say "It was just a dream" when it's like that. Despite that, weapons practice went pretty well, though I was grumpy up until I ate lunch (which may have had more to do with forgetting to eat until 1PM than the dream).
