Productivity

After a slow start to the day, I did manage to get a lot of computer work done today. I like to make a stash of social media posts preplanned to advertise our activities at the next event we have coming up mid July.



I've made a heap of separate ones for all of our activities and some same-but-different ones with my Medieval Woman banner instead of the Ex Libris Living History banner.



Our activites this year are:

Friday July 11
10am - 2pm Medieval Paper Doll Making (camp)
10am - 2pm Medieval Medicine Preparation (camp)

Saturday July 12
8.00am Medical Display opens (all day in camp)
9.30am Bath & Hygiene display opens (after Grand parade all day in camp)
10.30am Surgical Arrowhead Removal (camp)
1.30pm Bath & Beauty Show & Tell (camp)
2.30pm Medieval Q&A (Ask An Expert at the Pageant wagon)

Sunday July 13
8am onwards Medical Display opens (all day in camp)
9.30am onwards Bath & Hygiene display opens (after Grand Parade all day in camp)
10am Single Women: Who were they and what did they do? (University pavilion)
10.30am Surgical Arrowhead Removal (camp)
1.30pm Bath & Beauty Show & Tell (camp)
2.25pm Sickness In The Middle Ages: More Than The Black Death (University pavilion)
2.45pm Medieval Q&A (Ask An Expert at the University pavilion)



This is a pretty decent amount of activity considering it's essentially two of us doing all of it. Michelle does the medical things, and I do the lady things. We both have someone to mind our displays while we are off doing talks in other places, and we both have an in camp formal demonstration which we host in our displays. I'm very fortunate that my helper has learned a lot about my display and is able to speak well and answer questions in my absence. 



This year, my sister and her two teens are joining us, so there will be a few extra hands. The down side of this is that because it's the first year after an extended break (and a lot has changed in the world of re-enactment in Australia and festivals) I am supplying everything the three of them need: clothes, eating utensils and a place to stay and camp. If it turns out that things have changed so much and she doesn't want to do it next year, my sister won't have spent a lot of money kitting herself and two teens out. If she has a great time and is keen to come again, she will want to sew her own clothes. She is a skilled seamstress and has been involved in costuming for a dance school for years.

It also means I have a lot of extra infrastructure to bring this year as well and managing the logistics of where beds will go along with other needed supplies. It's challenging. I could just cut my display back a notch for this year, but I really want to have a great display so my sister and the kids can see what it is I've been doing and how much work it is, but how nice the results are. I also need quiet spaces for the neuro spicy.

There are compromises for this year, but all in all, I think I'm heading in the right direction. There's no way it will all go up in one trip though, so it will be multiple trips to the site for setting up, and it's an hour from home in good traffic. More like two in peak hour, which is when I'll be travelling.

Anyway, wish me luck. I'm a ball of stress and my brain won't turn off at night like I really need it to. I'll be posting about my activities and more information about them specifically (with the lovely blue Medieval Woman banners too) over the next few weeks.