Haven't posted in a while, might as well i guess. Been home for the summer, and surprisingly loving it, the stress and drama isn't here. We got hit by a really bad storm here last night which meant having to keep the basement from flooding, the area under our back porch kinda channels it to the back door :/ thankfully our power only dimmed after we had a close lightening strike, apparently my father is amused by my reaction to it it made me yelp. I normally love storms, but this one reminded me of one when i was a kid, and all i could remember is my sister tackling me as i was trying to get our dog so we could go to the basement. A tree in our front yard came down on our porch at our old house. part of the same tree hit our car, surprisingly only denting the hood of it.

I love my internship, but so many files, the entire research collection of papers and other materials needs sorted, and i am trying to do it according to library of congress. I have so much new found appreciation for those that put the museum collections online. So far at Drake Well i have cleaned, cataloged, and organized some of the collections, done so much filing, made card catalog cards, and done so much typing that it has greatly improved my typing skills. I love working with the collections, but since it isnt my time period of choice, it does kinda make it boring at times. I found a file on the local Native Americans and can't wait to go through it. I am also doing a research project on ancient and medieval uses of oil (petroleum is why drake well exists after all), and some of it is actually kinda fascinating to read about. Apparently Babylon used natural asphalt in its construction, and ancient Baghdad used pitch if I remember right.

I've actually gotten to go to a few events for the SCA this summer, which makes this summer better than last, where i only got to go to pennsic. I really cant wait for pennsic, an entire week with friends :) I have a new guy in my life, and he's pretty cool i guess ;) he makes me laugh a lot which is kinda amazing for me. He also loves that i am goofy but serious. He came out to visit and met my parents, and they all got along pretty well, but my youngest nephew didnt like that there was someone here for his aunt. He came in the house, got me to pick him up, and until his mom took him to leave he stayed in my arms glaring at the new boy lol. he laid his head on my shoulder and glared, and my lil monster (he is adorable but has a redheads temper lol) normally wants to play when he gets to nannys house. I really like this guy, which suprised me at first, he was a jock in high school, and i am like the supreme geek. I am a book worm and everything. Hes pretty awesome, and it sucks that he lives over on the other side of the state :(

I love that i get to spend time with my nephews this summer, i missed a lot being away at school, the oldest is now 6, the middle is almost 4, and the youngest is one and walking. I miss my niece horribly, she lives out of state right now and i havent gotten to see her since they left in march :( My family  means the world to me, and when i was younger i didnt realize how much i would miss them.

I have new fabric for a roman style doublet for the SCA fighting that i do, its going to be based off of a roman lorica segmentata.