PBF 2011

Apr. 19th, 2011 09:52 am
athene: (Ronia)
Over the weekend, [livejournal.com profile] lordaerith and I attended PolyBigFun. Every year we get better at knowing what we need. This year, in addition to rope to tie the beds together, we got one of those eggshell mattress topper things from Walmart. I think it really helped make the prisoner beds (no really, they are made by inmates, they have tags saying so) more comfortable. We were in a different cabin this time than previous times, which had a lights out and was also super close to the bathroom. Very very good when one is 35 weeks (5 weeks from one's due date) pregnant.

The weekend itself was wonderful as always. I didn't attend as many workshops as I wanted to, partly because there weren't a lot of descriptions so it was sometimes hard to tell what the workshop was about and partly because I spent a lot of my time either engaged in conversation with others or resting. We seem to need a lot of rest these days. The workshops I did attend and the conversations I had were all really great.

There were two parts that really stick out in my mind. The first was acceptance from the poly parents who were there with their children. They let me ask them questions about birth and children and being poly with children. I really felt accepted by them. In fact, some of them even went out of their way to friend me on Facebook. I feel more comfortable about how next year will go when Aerith and I are in the family cabin with the baby.

The other part that was important was my 1am talk with the baby and the moon that I wrote about on my pregnancy blog. If you haven't been over there in a while and are interested, I have some new posts and new pictures on the pictures page.

PBF

Apr. 25th, 2010 01:46 pm
athene: (Ronia)
Got home from PolyBigFun a little while ago. Have taken a bath and caught up on email, LJ, and other social networking things. Am super tired and sore, but am trying to stay awake so can get to bed early.

PBF itself was very good. Had a good time hanging out and talking to people. Took a lot of workshops that were good food for thought. Learned some things about myself that I need to look at more closely. Also learned a good way of expressing what was going on that made a conversation that could have been really bad and angry go really really well. Also, [livejournal.com profile] faeriecritter is made of many types of awesome. Also made of awesome: [livejournal.com profile] savanni, [livejournal.com profile] saphirebear, [livejournal.com profile] oracle_tx and everyone else who worked so hard to make the weekend as awesome as it was.

Ok, time to pet the kitty on my lap and go be brain dead.

PBF

Jul. 5th, 2009 08:05 pm
athene: (lightsaber)
PolyBigFun was a really great experience. Attended a lot of thought-provoking workshops on such diverse topics as communication and spirituality, had really great conversations with people, made a new "friend" ([livejournal.com profile] errantember), ate yummy food, watched pretty fire spinning and belly dancing, generally enjoyed myself, and came home and passed out for a few hours.

A huge thanks to [livejournal.com profile] saphirebear and the rest of the PBF organizers for making it such an awesome event!

Listy List

Jul. 3rd, 2009 10:40 am
athene: (Richard diversion)
I'm sure there are those of you out there who must be thinking, "Ms. Athene, we haven't seen a to do list from you in quite a while." Well, my dear friends, here is the list of things that must be done so that [livejournal.com profile] lordaerith, [livejournal.com profile] gailmom, and I can head out to Poly Big Fun today.
  • Shower & shave
  • Finish Naamah's Kiss by Jacqueline Carey
  • Figure out if we have stuff here for the toga party
  • Go to CostCo to buy snacks
  • Get gas/put air in tires - only one tire needed air
  • Possibly get stuff to wear at toga party - this was a total fail
  • Go to Walgreens
  • Attempt to sew button back onto dress - Gail did this for me. yay
  • fold laundry - she also did this.
  • Pack my clothing into suitcase (Aerith's clothing, sheets & towels already packed)
  • Pack toiletries and the like
  • Pack other accessories (don't forget camera!)
  • Pack extra shoes (don't forget water shoes!)

  • Pack toys
  • Pack games
  • Pack food stuffs
  • Find a new book to read and pack that
  • Clean kitchen
  • Clean living room/dining room
  • Clean bedroom

  • Clean bathrooms (including toilets!) - decided they were pretty clean
  • Clean litter boxes (possibly change litter)
  • Vacuum house
  • Take out all trash - gail helped here also
  • Let [livejournal.com profile] lorelein know that we threw out the old cat used litter container and are just taking the kitchen trash can around the house when we scoop the litter boxes.
  • Change sheets on bed for [livejournal.com profile] lorelein
  • Eat lunch

  • Get directions to PBF
  • Give gail lots of hugs and kisses when she gets here
  • Pack up everything that we're taking with us in the car
    • Suitcases
    • Food
    • Games, etc
    • Air mattress
    • Box fan
  • Feed cats lunch
  • Turn off computer, pick up [livejournal.com profile] lordaerith from work, and head out to PBF!

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