[Sca-cooks] Re: Congratulations Iasmin ;-)

[marilyn traber 011221]

> They (that mysterious, multi-kingdom, royal "they") still do surprise
> peerages.  Both of mine were drive-bys.  The laurel was, uhm, maybe 
> 15 years ago? (actually can't remember), when we were still part of 
> Atenveldt, and we often weren't even told what we were being 
> specifically recognized *for* (I wasn't, but I think that gives me 
> leave to change the descriptors as needed, no? <g>).  The pel came 
> much later (2 years ago this Fall), and we're now a kingdom. 
>  Friends in the circle knew I wanted advance notice, but the king 
> apparently felt that since it was the only time Their Majesties and 
> I were likely to be at the same event, they needed to do it *then.*  
> I still wish somebody'd warned me--dress was a mess, and my hair was 
> indescribably bad
> (had been wearing a peri-oid muffin cap all day).  And I was rattled 
> enough that when I realized what was going on (had gone up to make 
> an announcement about a fund-raising raffle), that I actually 
> exclaimed "oh, SHIT!" loudly enough that the entire court heard me. 
> Let me tell you, in a small kingdom, they never, never let you 
> forget things like that..... --Maire, Artemisia

Well, Andrea's was highly amusing, at Pennsic this year ;-) She had been 
given her writ at a previous event, to get her Peerage at Pennsic, but the 
gig was, that she wasn't to be told WHICH Peerage she was getting- because 
she was getting both ;-) Eventually she found out before her vigil- don't 
know if someone let the cat out of the bag, or if someone (who was allowed 
to) finally took pity on her, but for those of us who knew, it was highly 
amusing to offer her congratulations, while not saying a word about which 
one ;-)

Phlip