The Faire is Over

Well the faire is now over. Everyone survived and the weather gods fulfilled my request for wonderful weather. I of course ate all the wonderful foods that I planned (meat pies, spiced nuts, and funnel cake) and only gained 1.5lbs. Now I am working my way back into my planned mini menu. This week will be pizza casserole and chili. Since I am making the pizza casserole up as I make it I will have to submit the recipe after I create the dish and let everyone know, whether or not it is worth the time. I'm leaning towards worth it since it will have all the ingredients that I like in my homemade pizza, minus the crust.

I also have to work my way back into my usual work out routine. I didn't do any of my regular workouts for the last few days due to all the walking that I did while we were there. I have found though that when I am put in a situation where my ankles would normally swell up, like walking around in warm weather all day, my full calf boots work like compression socks and reduce the edema caused by me being on my feet all day. I was sure that my boots were going to cause the exact opposite and that I was going to regret wearing them at the end of the day. Once I pulled my boots off though, yes it was an "aaahhh" moment because my legs were hot and sweaty, but I did not have that tight swollen calf feeling that I was expecting. This is good news though since I got the boots to wear with my green lantern Halloween costume and I can't imagine that swelling in spandex would be fun.

So all in all the faire was a fun experience. I ate more than I should have, spent more than I should have, and the fact that the new venue is much bigger than the previous space caused me to walk more than I figured I would. The only downside is that given the fact that the venue was so roomy I wish that the people in charge of selling vendor space at the faire had sold much more space. The vendor spots were listed on the website as being sold out, but they could have spread the booths apart, instead of wall to wall, and still had space for more vendors. A bigger variety of shops would have been nice. It seems like everyone this year was selling the same various pieces of garb with a scattering of trinket or art stores mixed in the middle every once in while. Even with the lack of shops, or lack of what could have been, the faire was very nice this year. The space made it very relaxing, as opposed to the normally overcrowded and claustrophobic feeling you normally get when trying to go just 5 ft. For those expecting documentation, don't worry there will be pictures. I will just need a little time since this week is all about studying for my upcoming tests at school.

The Change in Weather

          The count down to the Ren Faire has begun.  I only have to work tonight and then I get to go to the Faire for the weekend.  I know I promised that I would reserve my real cheat days for the faire, but I have had an early cheat.  I went to IHop and had a chicken salad.  I suppose as far as cheats go this one was not so bad.  The chicken was grilled, instead of breaded and fried, however, there was bread involved.  For anyone that has been to IHop, you know that with many of their main course entrees comes a side of garlic toast.  I suppose I could have said no to the garlic toast, and I thought about it, then this would not be considered a cheat day.  I made the mistake, however, of inhaling after seeing the crispy golden outside of the bread.  Not only did this piece of toast smell wonderful, I'm pretty sure it was the best piece of garlic toast in the world.  It had the perfect garlic:butter:crispy ratio.  I now have to avoid IHop at all costs for a while, at least until I can get the thought of garlic toast out of my head.  I guess I will have to start thinking about my faire cheat... Meat Pies, Spiced Nuts and Funnel Cakes oh my...

            The food cheat aside, this has been a very unusual Las Vegas day.  Normally in October the weather is not even contemplating a cold spell.  We would be lucky to not still be in the 100*F range, however, this year it seems as if the triple digits is the last thing on the weather's mind.  Is the world tilting on its axis, or is it just flipping around so that North America is heading for the section designated for below the equator?  Are we trading places with Australia, causing the changing of the years to be marked by summer instead of winter?  This of course begs the question, are we closer to the next ice age than many of us are willing to admit?  Start stocking up on your supplies and cold weather gear and if you know someone with an old war bunker, or fallout shelter, now would be the time to become best fiends with them.  Whenever the next ice age comes it had better not be coming during the Renaissance Faire because I have plans weather and you a not a part of them.  I would like to make a request of the weather gods, however.  If you could please make sure that the Ren Faire is not subject to weather that is too hot, too cold, or too wet, then I would be eternally grateful.

Sincerely,

An Avid Weather Lover